The Mighty 4

On May 28th, our little man turned The Mighty 4. It's hard to believe that is has been four years since we welcomed our first bundle of joy into this world and entered the realm of parenthood. From the moment Ryan was born, he has been nothing but exuberant. His eyes sparkled from the beginning, even in the delivery room. In the last four years, we have watched with amazement as Ryan has approached life with so much zeal and so much emotion. He is certainly priceless and a source of constant entertainment. I've decided to include a few pix of Ryan through the years, including one at 14 hours and one for each of his birthdays.

Ryan began his 4th birthday with helping to decorate his Spiderman Cupcakes for pre-school. This was a big moment for me as it was the first time making cupcakes for classmates =)

In honor of turning 4, Ryan received 4 crisp dollar bills from Grama and also from JoAnne. He also got a bug catching set from Nana and Papa, among other fantastic gifts!

This year, for Ryan's birthday, he decided that he wanted a Dinosaur birthday party. The weekend after his birthday, we hosted a party at the "Dinosaur Bones" at a local park were we had 14 kids to celebrate with. We had a great time. The party began with a dinosaur hunt where the kids searched among the bones for hidden plastic dinosaurs. Then, they went on a fossil excavation where they searched for fossils. I had found these great plastic dino skeletons which John and I covered with a coffee/sand mixture and baked until they were like little rocks. Then we buried them in the leaves at the park and turned our little paleontologists loose. Finally, each kid got to make and erupt their own volcano. Wow!! The kids were terrific and hopefully had a good time.

"Wasn't me!"