Benjamin turns 4

Happy Birthday Benjamin!

4 was a big one for Benjamin.  You could really tell that he understood this year, that it was HIS birthday and that it was a special day.  He was so excited a few days before and kept talking about his red Pirate Party and that he would find coins in the yard. 

Benjamin's favorite color right now is RED.  So red was  theme.  He got a red fidget spinner, a red remote controlled car and a red bike! (Silas' old blue bike that I spray painted red).  When he "opened" his bike he looked at it and then said "Ooh, I want my green balance bike back"... He was not so excited about a big pedal bike.  But over the course of the day we had the bike inside still and he started sitting on it and then pedaling around.  By the next day he wanted to go outside and try it.  He made it up and down in front of the house 2 times and then wanted his green bike...but it was a start!

On his actual birthday Benjamin celebrated with his pre-school friends with red chocolate cupcakes. The kids sang to him and be got a little magnifying glass as a present. You could tell he liked all the attention in his own sweet, a bit shy way!

We spent the rest of the day together and Silas came home after school.  Activites included a trip to the library, watching Moana and eating popcorn, and going to his former daycare lady, Margit's house (now Liams daycare) where eventhough it was her birthday she invited us to celebrate, she had made a cake and gotten Benjamin a present!

Daddy came home for dinner and we ordered pizza and had cake and ice cream for dessert! The day ended with some candy and Disney Show on TV...a perfect Friday birthday!

Sunday, we had family and friends over for the big Pirate party.  When the guests arrived they all had to figure out their Pirate names and make a name tag.  There were some funny ones! Benjamin got some different presents including Tractors, clothes and games. Then we ate tortilla soup with all the fixings.  Later on there were different Pirate activities. First the kids got their pirate costumes...a head scarf and eye patch! Then each kid made their own Pirate telescope and hook hand.  Afterwards there were some Pirate games...walking the plank with sharks below, hook hand ring toss, and pin the patch on the Pirate.   (During the craft portion, Benjamin did not want to participate, but instead played with his new tractors with Farfar!)

Then it was cake time!  A Pirate cake with a gummi bear as the Captain! There were lots of chocolate treats...Chocoloate chip cookies, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, hot chocolate and chocolate M&Ms.  Oh and some fruit too!

The finaly activity of the day was finding a bunch of Gold Coins (chocolate) hidden in yard! There were some really big ones and those were for the smallest kids to find, so Benjamin found a lot and he was so into it! 

It was fun to see Benjamin have a fun day!