Max turned 4 on May 24th! I can't believe he is four years old now. We had a fun weekend to celebrate his special day. On Friday we took him birthday shopping. We have been telling him for a long time that he was getting a bike. My mom wanted to get him a nice helmet, so while we were waiting for Eric to go bike shopping we went helmet shopping at Al's. Al's was having a sidewalk sale and had all their bikes out front. As we pulled in Max got exited about the bikes, but I informed him we were getting a bike somewhere else. However, after got Max a cool helmet with red flames on it, we still had time to waste, so we took Max outside and told him he could ride those bikes around until his Dad was ready. Soon Max fell in love with a little blue Specialized bike. He was buzzing all around the parking lot and doing really well for never having rode a "big boy" bike before. Then Dad called and we headed to Walmart to buy a bike. I can't imagine that Max knew anything about the prices or quality differences of the bikes at the two places, but he "claimed" that the bikes didn't work at Walmart. He tried four different bikes, but said none of them worked and he couldn't make them go. Eric and I finally gave in after a few tears and went back to Al's and bought our 4 year old a top-of-the-line bike. I couldn't believe we were spending that kind of money on a bike, but once Eric saw Max jump right on a wheel around the parking lot we both knew it was worth it! He loves his new bike and rides it alot!!!
Saturday we went to Hoogle Zoo with cousin Chase and his family. Max was very excited to go. We saw all the animals, sang happy birthday with cupcakes, saw the bird show and rode the carousel. All the kids were so good the whole day.
Sunday we had little parties at each grandma's house with cake and ice cream and a few gifts.
Gma Karen got him a basketball cake and we did a pinata at Gma Donna's.Max is very excited to be four. He has told me a few times that he will never be 3 again and wonders when he will be 5 and how big will he be then!?! Before his birthday he told be a few things that he would or wouldn't do once he turned four, but I think he's realized that he's not that much different. He is such a cute kid and I love being his mom. He makes me laugh everyday and he is my little buddy and Ali's best friend.
Happy Birthday Max, I Love You!
