C's Special Day

We decided this year that we would give each boy a "special day" so that they each get some individual attention.  We are basically going to treat it as their birthday, so no one will probably ever actually have their day on their actual birthday.  This year we will have a family party on the actual day, maybe in the future we will just go out to dinner or something else. 

At any rate, since C was born first, we will make his special day first. 

C is our clown.  He often intentionally does silly stuff then looks over to make sure we're laughing.  He also seems to be quite physically adept.   It will be interesting to see how that turns out for him.  He can tend to whine and cry if he doesn't get what he wants.  He has the silliest laugh that you've ever heard.  He is almost always the first to get into something, or to do something, or to get somewhere (interesting, as he was the first born, as well).  He is good at following directions, and generally obeys, and is quick to respond if he is disciplined.  He is a Daddy's boy, and will just walk up to Nate and hug his legs then walk away.  He also can be pretty independent.  He loves to play with Legos and will sit and play with them alongside Z for a long time.  He loves trucks, trains, and all things machine.  He enjoys being outside.  He gets humor and will laugh at stuff on TV or things that people say.  He is a fabulous kid!         

On to our day...

He woke up to 3 balloons.  He got green ones.  Green has always been "his" color, and he still loves it!

He was pumped to get out of his PJs and get his Cardinals shirt on.  He spent most of the day wearing it around! 

 Love this kid!!!

His cereal of choice was Oops All Berries.  I can feel my teeth rotting as I write that. 

He does not quite have the fine motor skills yet to hold up 3 fingers.  Clearly, he is not 5. 

 We didn't do much today.  The kids are still all battling some nasty colds/coughs, so we have been homebound for several days.  They don't seem to mind though. 

His dinner of choice was grilled hot dogs.  Thankfully it was decent out so Nate could grill. 

 The cakes have been a discussion for the past 2 weeks.  Everyone kept changing their minds.  The inside color, the outside color, what they wanted on top...ugh.  One would say one thing, and then the other 2 would decide they wanted that too.  C finally decided on a yellow cake with green icing and "two Lightnings" on top.  He got one, and was thrilled with it. 

 Holy moly, is he not so cute?

 Again, we are working on the fine motor skills of "thumbs up".  He was working really hard at this :) 

Then on to his gifts.  More Cars arrived.  (My friend from CBS was clearing out her sons old toys and TOTALLY hooked up up with Cars gear.  You will see more over the next few days!)  All the boys were sooo excited about all of them!   

 We also got C a remote control car.  It will take some practice, but we think he'll enjoy it (if Z doesn't snatch it away first!). 

Happy special day, Big C!