4 Years Old

It's hard to believe that Austin is now 4 years old. He has sure taught me a lot regarding motherhood in only 4 years and hopefully I have at least taught him some things....

Austin is a lively and entertaining little kid. One minute he will be running around the house playing tanks with good guys/bad guys and the next minute he is taking care of his Care Bears--holding them, feeding them, putting them to sleep etc.....needless to say he has got that rough destructive boy behavior but also has a sweet and nuturing side also which I find adorable!!

He likes to use his imagination and enjoys building things.  

He labled this creation as his "Christmas Tree."

He is always finding things to build tanks.

And the dining room table has become his "tank"

 (and the vaccuum cleaner hose his gun)

And all this comes from watching daddy play his computer game which he calls "The Jet Game."

He is getting better at coloring and showing more interest in it.

This is his rainbow.

 Austin had a fun time celebrating his birthday with friends. We made gingerbread houses.

 We also played hide and seek with his friends which they LOVED, and of course we opened presents and had cake and ice cream. It was fun watching Austin's excitement on his special day.

All year long I just knew that Austin would request a Mario cake....but with his latest interest in tanks he requested a tank cake (which I think was easier than Mario would have been). Austin LOVED it....once I showed it to him he kept coming back into the kitchen every couple minutes to look and examine it again. Hope you had a super great birthday Austin!! We love you so much!!