Our Davey dude turned FOUR this month! He had been counting down the days to his birthday for a long time, because he is so excited to be one year older. Becoming "big" is one of his greatest desires right now so he can keep up Sophie and other the older kids. His current goal is to grow another .5" before summer so he will be tall enough to go on the water slide at the pool and the bigger rides at Wonderland amusement park.
Davey at 4 Years
- I don't have his exact measurements because his well child visit was pushed off until May due to the Corona Virus, but he is around 35.5 pounds (50%) and 41.5 inches (75%). He is wearing 4T clothes and size 11 shoes.
- His favorite animal is a T-Rex, and the other day he asked me when I would take him to see a real one. We've talked about how dinosaurs are extinct, but in his mind they are still out there somewhere.
- He has always been great with numbers, colors, and shapes, but he still has very little interest in the alphabet. He probably could only recognize about 5 letters, but he knows the names of lots of different dinosaurs!
- He still loves his blanket "Yellow" and takes it to bed each night along with an assortment of books, toys, and stuffed animals.
- He loves all varieties of fruit and has an endless appetite for it. The other day I bought a cantaloupe and the store and he excitedly told me it was what he had always dreamed of and asked multiple times for the next few days when it would be ready to eat.
- His other favorite food is noodles, and he would eat them for all his meals if we let him.
- He is actually quite social and loves to be out doing things. His best friends are Jaxon, Nolan, Ben, and Denton. He is really looking forward to starting preschool in the fall so he can be in a class like Sophie and carry a lunchbox.
- He can be extremely stubborn, and will fight to the death (meaning time out) to get his way, even if we're offering him something he wants. We frequently hear that he is "never, never, ever going to do/eat/try _________ ever again!" We've been in this stage for awhile, so hopefully that means we're nearing the end of it...
DAVEY'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Davey wanted to celebrate his birthday at Chuck E. Cheese, and with corona virus on the rampage, we decided to go a week early before it was shut down. We made the right call because on his actual birthday it was closed. On his special day we started things off with green pancakes (St. Patrick's) before moving on to presents. From family he received a dinosaur, an action figure, a transformer robot, a Mario lunchbox, and game, and a Batman battle set. He had a great day playing with all his new gifts, although in true Davey fashion he told me before bed that he didn't like any of his presents and wanted new ones. Oh Davey....
For his cake he wanted something with dinosaurs so I made a chocolate bundt and decorated it like a volcano and put a few dinos around the edges. It was nothing special, but he loved it and was so excited about the flying pterodactyl. Happy birthday buddy!!
Green pancakes in green shirts
With his present pile, not so patiently waiting for mom to hurry up and take a picture so he could start opening gifts
With his robot that transforms into a plane
We did go see the new Pixar movie Onward as a family since his birthday was on $5 Tuesday. It was a fun show in a mostly empty theater because of the virus.
Dinner that night was Chick-fil-A, not because he loves it, but because kids eat free on Tuesdays. Davey got our food to-go and even let Davey get a side of fruit since it was his birthday.
So excited about his dinosaur cake! When we told him to make a wish, he naturally wished for more dinosaurs :)
