Recapping Nolan's 4th birthday we started out by celebrating with him one day early at his school during their chapel. It is so much fun to see him in the school setting with his little friends. He had so much fun in preschool this year and I know he is looking forward to the 4 year old program he will be in this new school year.
On his birthday he woke up to a room full of balloons. We started this tradition two years ago and it was very cute to see Nolan excited and anticipating the balloons. He kept asking how they get there and if we thought they would be there on his birthday. And so, we let him believe that they appeared because of magic. :)
On his birthday we let him plan the day. He chose mini golf, batting cages (his first time in the cages and he loved it!) and dinner at "breadsticks" aka Olive Garden.
Oh yeah, and then he opened presents and ate a cupcake of course!!!
For the golf theme I brought his mini golf set and themed the food appropriately with "club" sandwiches, pita "wedges", donut "hole in ones", watermelon "slices" and many more clever titles. ;) I was actually quite proud of the names I came up with. Some with the help of Pinterest and others on my own! That was the extent of the golf theme, but I think it went nicely!
And with his 4th birthday came his 4 year check up. We were informed that at the appointment the poor thing would have a whooping 4 shots. We made sure he had no idea and I can honestly say it took us 4 years, but this is the best he has ever done at the doctors. He answered all her questions that quiz them on their development and hopped on 1 foot to show he's got the motor skills. She saw all his skinned up, bruised knees and could tell he is quite the active little boy. We laughed because 90% of the time he has a ball in his hand and is most likely diving or sliding on the ground (The other 10% is devoted to his eating and sleeping). :) She tried to stump him with questions, but he was answering them all with no problems. He made his mommy and daddy proud to watch the big 4 year old in action! And then came the dreaded shots. When he heard he had to have 4 you could see an instant onset of nerves, but I held him...make that hugged him through them and yes, he screamed, but about 3 minutes post shots he managed to give us some smiles and daddy told him to pick out a sticker for each shot, so we basically cleared out the sticker basket and we were on our way!
Nolan is 35 lbs (40%) and had a huge growth spurt from his 3 year to 4 year check up pushing him from the 40% for height to 75%! Maybe he will be tall like his daddy!
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