Today is Ben's 4th birthday, but we started celebrating a week early! On Thanksgiving, after the turkey and stuffing, it has become tradition that we have birthday cake to celebrate with all of the family that's gathered for the holiday. It has worked out pretty well because Ben and Kara feel like it's their birthday party!
Ben chose his own cake - both the cake flavor and the decoration. So he ended up with a chocolate mint-flavored cake and some new cars to add to the collection.
We celebrated Ben's birthday at school with root beer floats, a favorite at our house. Ben styled his own look, asking for his "dressy jacket" and his oversized sunglasses...
And then it was Cattleman's for ribs...
and of course some birthday dessert.
The best gift that came from Ben's birthday was the gift that Ben gave to me... At school, after Ben did his Helper Of The Day duty of couting the days of the month and after the kids sang Happy Birthday to him, he said to his teacher, "I need to tell my mom something." I put down my camera and said, "no, Ben, just finish up and we can talk later." But he just looked at me across the room and said in front of his teachers and friends, "Mommy, I love you."
