Happy Birthday Ollie!

As most of you know, Oliver hit the big 4 this week! He was so excited - he has been checking his calendar very regularly for the last month or so. He is sure that he is bigger and faster now that he is 4. We celebrated on Wednesday with a day full of playing with new toys. I asked him if he wanted to go anywhere special to have lunch or play, but he just wanted to stay at home. He was mesmerized by his new hotwheels track. He requested a dinner with "special birthday food," so we ended up having pasta with breadsticks shaped like the number 4. He had several visitors that night to help him play to his heart's content. On Thursday, he got to be king at preschool. This means he wears a crown, gets to do everything at preschool, such as the calendar, the weather, leading the pledge of allegiance, and passing out the snack. The king's mom also gets to go and talk about the king as well as share a goodie. It was really fun to go and see Oliver in a kid environment, as well as see him feel so special with his king duties. Wendy watched Ave for me while I attended the king day, and she had the worst cold too. Thanks so much to Wendy for watching my very sick baby, and kudos to Avery for not crying for the entire time. You may think the celebrating would stop there, but Friday we had our party at the Clearfield aquatic center with all of Ollie's little friends. We had a Mickey Mouse cake, complete with an edible mickey mouse clubhouse (as requested by Oliver), hot diggity dogs, and fun swimming. On the way there, Oliver asked me if this party was really going to be fun. I told him I thought it would be, and then he said, "if you say so." I am pretty sure it surpassed his expectations, as it did mine. Thanks to everyone who was a part of Ollie's celebrations - he loved every minute of it.