I'm 3 now I'm 4

Nathan's birthday was 2 days after was got back from our cruise. He had been planning his 4th birthday since last year. He was very specific about what is should be like. " I want a Transformers Optimus Prime birthday with Gabe and Hiram." So I decided that since it was a beautiful day I just threw the party together that day. We had the family over and his two friends. We had a barbecue outside and played some games. It went really well, I'm glad I didn't wait until later in the week.

So here's a bit about 4 year old Nathan. He's been telling us that he is not Nate-dawg anymore. He says,"When I was little I'm Nate-dawg, I'm 4 I'm Nathan." He's excited about learning his ABC's. (poor thing, I forgot to even try to teach him them, I was still working on Olivia.) We'll have to work on them this summer. He loves pineapple and to ride his new bike, Rocket, and got a matching helmet from grandma May. He can be the sweetest little boy, but he loves to drive people crazy. He loves to tease people until they snap. I'm his sunbeams teacher and let's just say I'm exhausted. He is very particular about where every thing goes. He remembers where they came from and will correct you if you try to put it in the wrong place. He is so stink'n cute all he has to do is smile and I just makes you want to squeeze him! (And he know's it!)

Boo Who

We were "Booed"! That means some one in our neighborhood left some yummy goodies and a note on our porch. The note tells us that now we need to do the same to 3 other people who haven't had it done yet. I have to come clean, in the past we've slacked and never booed back... I know we're lame/lazy. But this year the girls were so stoked about doing it so we gave it a go.
Good clean family fun. Right?
Wrong.
It was fun decorating the bags, picking out the goodies to go in, and deciding who to "BOO". But when we got to the house and Nathan was supposed to leave his bag at he flipped! Brooklyn took the bag and left it and ran back to the car, but Nathan just stood there in the driveway screaming/crying! He wouldn't move. I jumped out and ran and grabbed him, threw him in the car and we took off. He continued to cry for the other 2 houses, saying he wanted "his" candy bag back. The whole time he thought he was packing the bag for himself. We didn't realize he didn't grasp the concept. Needless to say, Mom and Dad had some explaining to do as to why we gave HIS candy away.

Pumpkin Patch

It was Olivia's turn to go with her pre-school to the Pumpkin Patch. She was so excited! She remembered that when Brooklyn went we packed lunches and ate at the picnic tables. So she helped me pack everyone a lunch. At the end of the trip she got all settled at a table and was ready for a picnic. The problem was that nobody else was staying for lunch. I felt so bad. I told her we could go get frostys at Wendy's instead and she took it well.

Nathan came along with us. This is ALL he cared about. TRACTORS. He was very upset that we had to look at the animals first. Then he went from tractor to tractor and was so busy he wouldn't even look up when he said "cheese".

Today was a good day

Sunday, August 24th 2008
Today was a good day for Nathan. His nursery teacher actually said he was wonderful in class today. This is far removed from the past comments that he did "alright" or "he's doing better" or he "got into a few fights". He is alot different than our girls were in nursery, alot more physical. But finally, after 2 years of nursery, we got a good report. Nathan was pretty stoked too. I asked him to give me a "thumbs up" and this is his version.