Happy Birthday, Aidan!

Aidan turned four a few days ago, and he has already had two birthday cakes with two more to come! My sister was right in saying he's not going to know what to do when we stop celebrating his birthday two or three times!

His first party was at Grandma & Grandpa's house. He was SO excited to open his presents, and I got some great video of it! Unfortunately, he still lacks in the "tact" department (I've been told some people never grow out of that. I have no idea who they could mean, though.) and he was very quick to go from one gift to the next. He was very good about saying, "Thank you" to everyone involved in the present process - including himself. His grandpa took him on a little shopping trip to Toys R Us, and Aidan definitely thought it was a joint shopping venture. When he opened one of the gifts that we wrapped, I asked him who got it for him. He answered, "Grandpa and me." I reminded him to say thank you to Grandpa. His response was, "Thank you, Grandpa. Thank you myself!" :-)

He also got to have birthday cake with his friend, Ava, who is also celebrating her fourth birthday. They got to decorate their cake themselves, and they did a really good job on it. As much as I was craving that chocolate cake, I didn't even mind that I saw them licking their fingers in between their decorations!

We're planning on making another cake tomorrow so Jared can help Aidan celebrate, and then Aidan has his birthday party with his friends next week. I'm coming up with every excuse possible to eat as much cake as I can! :-)

Happy Birthday, Aidan! This year has been wonderful - definitely my favorite so far. I've seen you develop quite the personality with a great sense of humor. You're so polite, too. Today, when I asked you to help me clean up you said, "No." I said, "Excuse me," and your response was, "I mean no, thank you." :-)