Birthday Boy

Josh's birthday was Tuesday. I can't believe he is already 4!

His birthday happened to be on a day we normally do preschool, so we had a little party for him at preschool.

In case you are wondering, the cake is supposed to be a triceratops dinosaur. Josh and I were looking at cakes on familyfun.com and this is the one he chose. The rice krispy and candy part were supposed to be done with fondant, but since I've never made fondant or worked with it before, I used rice krispies instead. I seriously lack cake decorating skills and could really use some lessons, but thankfully Josh isn't old enough to really care!

Josh and his dad testing out his new toy.

Grammy sent Josh a sleeping bag/tent set that he can carry around as a back pack. He loved it and is now ready for a sleep over!

The sleeping bag set came with a mini sleeping bag and tent that is just the right size for his Tigger and Eeyore.

Josh seems to like being a big brother. We put Connor in his walker so he can be with us while we're eating and Josh always insists on having Connor sit next to him. Connor has learned to scoot the walker backwards a little bit, and it really irritates Josh because he wants Connor to stay right next to him. He gets really frustrated when Connor scoots backwards.

Josh did not want Connor to go into the kitchen, so he dragged over a chair and tipped it over to trap Connor in the front room. It is really challenging to keep my floors clean at all times so Connor doesn't get into things that he shouldn't. Connor is guaranteed to find anything and everything that is left on the floor. Josh gets really irritated when Connor won't leave his toys alone.

Josh is such a good big brother that he wanted to make sure Connor had some toys to play with. He was nice enough to give Connor ALL the toys that we keep in a little basket in the front room. I walked into the room and all I could see was his little eyes peeking over the top of all the toys.

We are making absolutely no progress at all on getting Connor to eat baby food or cereal. It is a rather messy process. He cries every time I try to get him to eat, then he puts his fingers in his mouth to calm himself down. At first I didn't let him put the fingers in his mouth because of the mess it would make, but then decided that if he sucked on his fingers at least he'd swallow his food. Instead he just gets even more upset than he already was because putting his fingers in his mouth does not make the food go away. Then he smears his dirty fingers all over the place.

Connor likes Josh's sleeping bag too!