Tuesday, March 30, 2010

4 Years...Can you believe it?

It's hard to believe that it's been 4 years since Braden entered our family! Braden turned 4 on Monday! We love him so much and don't know what life would be like without him. He is so smart (of course I think so anyway). He knows the alphabet (thanks to Leap Frog Letter Factory), loves to color and draw pictures, play with his brother, play games whether it's on dad or moms phone or the computer or just a real game he loves games. He amazes me everyday. The WHY?? questions have begun and I'm sure won't end soon with this kid. I have to remind myself regularly that things that seem so simple to me, he is just learning about and it's so interesting to him.

We had a kids/cousin party Saturday before his birthday. The kids seemed to love it. We kept it simple--games, playing, pizza, brownies and ice cream. Oh ya, Braden does not like cake or frosting or balloons--your typical staples for a birthday party. But he loves brownies and ice cream (just like his dad) so that's what we did and boy was it easy to prepare. He's a funny boy! He makes me smile and laugh.
Practicing Pin the tail on the donkey before the kids arrived.

The birthday crew--Jason, Kyle, Miles, Braden, Jake, Luke, Avery, Abby, Kyden, Quincy, and Taylor. Thanks for coming! It was a lot of fun!
Playing pin the tail on the donkey with Grandpa.
Braden doesn't exactly like to be sang to either. I finally got it out of him that he doesn't like when people sing loud. He doesn't do well with lots of kids screaming--that's the reason he didn't like nursery.

We gave him a bike for his birthday. I love the look of pure joy on his face. He was pretty excited which made us happy. It's hard to put into words the joy you feel when you see your kids happy!

We did a family party at Blast Off which was fun. The boys loved it


Here's the crew all playing mini golf. Thanks to everyone who came and for the fun birthday presents! It was nice to have you there!
You might say that Kyden likes Braden's bike more than Braden. But since the weather has been junky, Braden hasn't been able to ride his bike outside yet so Kyden has taken over. It just gets rolled around our house. I don't know what we'll do when Kyden realizes he can't ride it.
We love Braden and are so proud of him. He is growing up so fast and teaching us so much every day. I think children are sent to us to teach us more than we teach them. Seriously! Love you Braden!! And we're glad that you had a wonderful birthday!

7 comments:

Odelsa said...

awwww! Happy Birthday to him!
What a sweetheart, 4 already? that was too fast!

Taunya Spaulding said...

Happy Birthday!! :) Looks like Braden had a fun birthday weekend!he's a cutie!

Carlson Clan said...

What a fun birthday! Weston and Braden seem to have a lot in common. Especially the whole aversion to cake thing! I LOVED that picture of him clearly not enjoying being sung to! Hilarious. It's so funny how kids figure out what they like and dislike at such young ages. I guess you won't have to worry about him listening to loud music! ;)

Julie said...

Wow your boys just keep growing up! Miss having you in our ward, hope you are doing well!

Unknown said...

Happy Birthday Brayden! Time really flies! Our boys learned their alphabet with the Letter Factory too! It is awesome.

Cass said...

Happy Birthday Braden!!! It looks like it was fun one. Sorry we missed it. Addi liked seeing pictures of him. Miss you guys!

Jessica said...

Holy Cow! I can't believe how big Braden is getting! He really is such a good-looking little boy! He must get it from his parents! And it looks like you guys had so much fun! Sorry we missed it of course, but we were totally there in thought and spirit! We love you, and miss you and sure are excited to see you in a few months!