Our baseball birthday party!

Our boys love baseball! We are constantly watching, playing or talking baseball at our house. So when it was time to think about a birthday party for the boys, a baseball party made sense.

We went to the Ooltewah ball fields, which is where we play ball, and invited friends an family to come play wiffle ball and to compete in a home run derby. We also had a base running competition. All the kids had fun & they all left with a medal for winning or competing in one of our games.

We also set up a concession stand, or cession stand as Luke calls it, for everyone to get snacks. I think this was Luke's favorite part, but then again he lived at the cession stand during the season!

All in all we had fun celebrating our boys!

Things to remember

My sweet Luke is four. This child is absolutely adorable and he has my whole heart! Here are a few things I hope I never forget about Luke at this age:

* he loves to eat, if you let him snack all day he would be the happiest kid in the world!
* he always asks for a hug and kiss. If it's not "good" enough he will give you another.
* he loves to play baseball and can't wait to play with his brother on daddy's team this fall
* he is Mr. Independent. He loves to do things by himself and for himself.
* he watches out for his little sister Wynn. He is a protective big brother.
* he still wants mommy and daddy snuggles and we are happy to give them!
* his favorite books are the Pete the Cat books
* he loves to be outside playing in the sandbox or on our fort, riding his scooter, riding his bike or swimming
* he loves to take a bubble bath
* he loves to wear jammies and comfy clothes. He calls them yogurt clothes. I told him once I was wearing yoga pants and he thought I said yogurt!
* he tells me he loves me everyday!

We love you Luke and look forward to watching you grow and change this year!

Luke turns 4

I have said it before, but birthdays are a big deal at our house. To me birthdays are a reason to celebrate and really make our kids feel special. On our kid's birthday we allow them to pick a place to go do something fun and a place to go out to eat. We call it their "special day". All of our kids' birthdays fall within 3 months of each other (May to August). Luke's is July 23rd and fell on a Wednesday.

This year Luke picked going to play putt-putt at Sir Gooney's and dinner at Los Potros. The restaurant has murals of horses on the walls and Luke calls it the horse restaurant. It's one of his favorite places to eat.

We had fun and I'm pretty sure Luke went to bed feeling like the most loved kid in the world. I sure hope so, at least!