his fourth birthday day

Lucky Asher got a birthday weekend!  His actual birthday was Friday (the 13th, but it was an awesome day, no worries) and his birthday party was on Sunday.  On Friday morning he had school and, of course, was sleeping in.  He only sleeps late on days when we need to be somewhere.  I was picking up doughnuts for him to take to school so we had to leave a little early to boot.  I tried to wake him up a couple times by turning on the lights and pulling his blankets back.  His response:

I don't want to get up.  Go away please mommy.

I'm pretty sure he turned 14, not 4.  At least he said please?  ha!

After I finally convinced him that good things were waiting downstairs…look what the birthday elves prepared for him!…he finally hopped to.

The first person he found was Daddy who was home this morning after being gone for work all week.  That in itself was a fun birthday surprise!

After some breakfast he got dressed and we headed to DD for some Munchkins and chocolate milk for the birthday boy and his friends at school.  While Ash was at school Hadley and I ran around like fools trying to get more Christmas stuff off our list and finish up getting the party supplies.

That night we celebrated with pancakes for dinner - Asher's favorite!  He got a birthday crown at school and proudly wore it all day.  :-)

There were oh-so-many presents.  This 4 year old is an aces present opener now.

And there was a cookie cake.  And candles.  And a round of "Happy Birthday" of course.

Daddy wins the prize for more awesome gift given.  He's clearly a 4 year old boy at heart - how awesome is this?  But it's so totally not something that would have caught my eye to buy in 100 years.  That's why we're a great team!

I see myself spending the rest of my life collecting these balls from under all the furniture, but that's ok. :-)

Happy, happy 4th birthday Asher!  We love you!