Happy 4th Birthday Preston!

I am actually shocked that my Pres Pres is four.  FOUR!  I cannot believe I have a four year old.  Wow.  What a birthday weekend.  Aunt Melski flew down to VA on Friday.  I walked in the door only to find that my sister flew down earlier that day to surprise us!  I was floored!  Saturday was Preston’s party.  I had sent out invites before Thanksgiving and had two kids say yes prior to the Thanksgiving. Then the floodgates opened and about 14 kids said “yes,” with parents and his two teachers.  I had a party at a Children’s Farm at a park here in Richmond called Maymont.  The kids would feed the animals, have cake, go on a hay ride.  Perfect.  Of course Saturday was the worst weather day Richmond has seen in 2009.  It was cold, raining, pretty much miserable.  But you know what?  Everyone showed up, the kids went into the barn to feed the animals, instead of the hayride, a duck and bunny were brought into the classroom for the kids to pet and Preston had a blast opening all his presents.  There were a few snags that I had with the place (for example, I wanted a second gallon of animal feed but the place had ONE, you heard me ONE Tupperware to hold animal feed.  I mean, seriously? One bucket?  It’s a barn! You have one bucket to feed your whole flock/herd? Then I had to find someone to open paddocks otherwise the kids were throwing food at the animals, but I digress).  It was a huge success. The kids really enjoyed it. (Oh and the rain-it stopped like two hours after the party naturally). Here are some pics from the day: (To protect the children, I cannot post many of the pictures)

My neighbor Sarah made the cake from scratch.  It was so delicious! Of course as we were cutting it, Preston requested a wheel.  He did settle for the smokestack.

My dad has always enjoyed feeding goats at petting zoos.

My best friend from law school Jordana and baby Maddy.

Mel, Mom and Katie getting down at the barn.

This morning Preston opened all his presents.  He is very into presents.  I got him the Thomas train table that goes under the bed (anyone who knows me knows I hate messes and tons of toys everywhere so this is fabulous).  My dad of course was putting it together at about 11:30 last night.  I also got him a few other things and my parents got him a ton.  Aunt Melski and Aunt Tinka were also super generous. Check out the morning “do.”

Today we also put up all the lights.  We still have a few more wreaths to hang and I will post pictures.  This year Katie (my sibling that always put up great lights) got Preston in on the action.  He even held the ladder.

Have a great week everyone!