One Happy Four Year Old

Thank you all so much for such lovely birthday wishes. It was quite comical trying to explain to Henry who you all are ...

"Well, Henry, they are mamma's friends."

"No. You've never met them. Neither have I actually."

"I know it's confusing."

"You are right, we should not talk to strangers. But mommy does know these ladies, sorta. We've just never met."

"Don't you need to go play outside now?"

I spent the day yesterday 'tidying up'. We have a half bath in the den of chaos so I needed to make it presentable since we have family and friends coming over to celebrate. There will be some traffic since bathrooms seem to be in high demand while entertaining. Don't want to lose a guest in there. I did find (during a cleaning break) find a random website that apparently won't be up much longer. It had a few neat projects - like the iPod cover that I've given up on. Oh well!

This will be Henry's first birthday party with friends. I've always followed the "invite how many children per age of the celebrant". He is so excited. When planning his party I had a little heart to heart about what giving means. In the end (after I completely confused him) he was happy to ask his friends to bring food for a local food bank instead of gifts for him. (I had to assure him he was still getting gifts from us though - ha!) Here's what his invitation said "Help Henry fill the bellies and tummies of little boys & girls instead of his toy box. In lieu of a gift please bring an item for the Food Pantry. Thank you!" He can't stop talking about this now - he has such a big heart.

And since I'm one of those bloggers who likes to post pictures with my babbling ...

Look what my lovely neighbor brought me because it was Henry's birthday. I almost cried. Seriously.

And lastly ... I'll leave you with one very happy four year old.