Silly 4-year-old

Connor is really proud of being 4 now. He told me this on his birthday: "You know, Mom, 4-year-olds help more around the house. So if you have a job for me to do, just tell me and I will do it." So I asked him to help me take out our recycled trash. "I'm happy to!" he replied. In our garage, we have 1 recycle bucket for paper trash and another for plastics. I showed him which items went into each bucket, and then I assigned him the task of putting all of the water bottles into the plastic bin. He was happy with his job until he accidentally dropped one of the bottles into the paper bin. "Oops, I put that one in the wrong bucket," he said. And then he scolded himself, "Silly 4-year-old!" He's taking this turning 4 stuff very seriously.



Today we had Connor's 4-year checkup at the doctor. He weighed in at 43 pounds (95th percentile) and is 42.5 inches tall (95th percentile). He's a big boy! He also had to pee in a cup which we both got a good laugh from. And he was supposed to have his vision tested but he wasn't in the mood to cooperate (surprise, surprise). The biggest ordeal of the day was, of course, the shots! Despite lots of discussion and preparation beforehand, they were still very traumatic for Connor. Poor guy! He was convinced for a while there that he couldn't walk because his legs hurt too badly, but thankfully we remembered to bring his Bible and a sucker (at his request, go figure) to cheer him up.

We finally got to celebrate together as a family when the older boys came over tonight. When I asked Connor what kind of cake he wanted me to make for his birthday, he replied that he wanted a "sprinkle doughnut cake." Sprinkle doughnuts are one of his favorite things these days. So this is what we came up with.



This has been our week so far: a weekend birthday party at Pump It Up, Sunday church with his birthday ribbon, his birthday dinner on Monday at CiCi's Pizza (his fave place), birthday doughnuts with his classmates on Tuesday, and a birthday celebration today at home with his family. No offense, but I'm ready to be done with this particular birthday! Connor has definitely learned to milk it for everything it's worth.