Last night, at 11:55, I snuck in to the boys’ room and snapped this picture of Adam. It’s the last photo taken of him as a 4-year-old. I still can’t figure out how he got to be so old.

The birthday boy got to pick the meals and agenda for the day. He started with a blueberry waffle with peanut butter on top, sausage, and chocolate milk.

Then he moved on to coloring and cartoons, with some legos thrown in for good measure.

Then we took a trip to the playground.

For dinner, the birthday boy asked to go to Chick-fil-a. He loves that they have a playground inside. Afterwards we went to a couple of stores so that he could spend some birthday money that was burning a hole in his pocket. We also picked up some cupcakes for dessert.

I am looking forward to seeing what fun 5 brings.

I took Adam to an event at the library tonight. It was for kids aged 4 to 12 and consisted of science experiments and activities that explored light and color.

The first question she asked the group was if anyone could tell her the three primary colors. Adam’s hand shot up immediately and he was thrilled when she picked him to answer (correctly of course).

After the three main experiments were complete, the kids were given a checklist of activities to complete. Adam had to do a color-by-number worksheet, read a book about colors, make a collage, and do a couple of different observations on his own (with some help from mommy).

After he checked each item off of his list, he was given a kaleidoscope, a glow in the dark star, and a test tube (for at home experiments) as a reward.

Then we checked out some books to take with us. Adam has his own library card now and loves picking out his own books.

We had to read this one as soon as we got home (it was pretty funny).

Everyone loves the Hot Dog Song.

The Lego event this morning was the Mommy/Adam portion of the day. This afternoon was Adam/Luke/Daddy time. Dave took the boys out to lunch and then to see the new Disney movie, Planes: Fire & Rescue.

Luke slept through the last twenty minutes of it, but both boys loved it (Dave said it was pretty good too). I’m looking forward to seeing it when it comes out on DVD.

Can I just say how much I love that they boys both wore their Planes shirts to go to the movies? Also, Adam is wearing two different socks – one is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the other is Planes. I love that kid’s style.

This morning I took Adam to the Lego Store for a Ninja Turtle event.

It wasn’t run nearly as well as the last one we went to (unfortunately). Instead of having trivia and a show-and-tell at the end, the kids just built things for a while and then got their goody bags.

Adam still had fun though, so that’s all that really matters. He spent some time creating things to help the turtles defeat their enemies. He made a trap, a space ship, and a small island.

He loved checking out the displays and adding things to his wishlist. He got a Lego Ninja Turtle t-shirt, a small Lego set, and a separate turtle figure in his goody bag. Before we left I also let him fill a container with bricks from the pick-a-brick wall (this was his reward for not biting his finger nails, something he’s been working on for a while).

I picked up a couple of things while we were there too (Dave might not let us visit the Lego Store unsupervised again). We’re planning on making Adam a Lego desk as part of his birthday gift (just 5 days until he’s 5!) and we needed some large base plates for the top. I also got a smaller one to use as a prop for his pictures. Hopefully my visions turn out as well as I’m planning.

Miss Maggie had her 15 month well baby visit today. She’s still a petite little peanut, but she’s healthy and hitting all her milestones when she should. She charmed everyone she met today (no surprise there). However, she was not as enamored with them – especially the young man that tried to take her pulse, the two ladies that attempted to touch her with a stethoscope, and, her least favorite, the woman that gave her the four shots she needed today.

She’s asleep now, but I have a feeling these vaccines aren’t going to make for a fun weekend for poor Mags.

Photo taken prior to her shots

We finally got the rest of our household goods delivered today! We now have all the kids’ outside toys, the lawn mower, the boys’ pajamas, and the stroller (among other things – those are just the items we were missing the most).

The boys supervised the movers and had a great time watching them unload our things. They were most happy to see their sandbox (we had three 50 lb bags of sand, but no place to put it before today) and bikes.

Both boys had check-ups today. They insisted on wearing their capes, a decision I supported 100%.

Neither of them needed any vaccines this visit, but they did both have to have blood work done. Adam was especially brave. He cried a little, but sat nice and still. He told me that he wished that his doctor trip was a dream, because he didn’t like the part that hurt. He did like the vision and hearing tests though.

Here are their stats for those that are curious:

Luke is catching up!

These aren’t the best quality pictures, but it’s too cute not to share. Maggie just spent the last fifteen minutes walking her dog. She kept going in circles around the downstairs lap (our kitchen/dining room/living room/hallway make a big loop).

get super tired