Preston's Birthday Bash!

We had another fabulous birthday celebration with Preston today. The Birthday Bear came to our house and decorated everything last night. Preston was thrilled when he woke up and found Diego decorations on the wall. He couldn't stop talking about it and walked around telling everyone about every sign or decoration he found. "Is this my cake?" (talking about a sign with a birthday cake on it), "Is this my balloons? My happy birthday balloons?" I told him yes and then he'd repeat it all again. "This is Preston's birthday cake. This is Preston's birthday balloons. My birthday balloons." So cute! We started with a pancake breakfast. The kid LOVES anything with syrup on it for breakfast so I went for quick and easy. We took a bath, got dressed and headed to the train museum since it was such a big hit with Preston when we last visited. He LOVED it! I just wish we had more time to linger, but our day was so packed that we had to rush a bit. We stopped at Del Taco for a quick bite and then headed to his music class. While he was there, Dylan, Marissa and I ran to the store to buy some AirHeads to give to his classmates. Being a long, non-stop day, Marissa needed a nap big time so we headed home and Preston got to watch Toy Story 2 while Marissa took a nap. Marcos got home just after Marissa woke up from her less-than-perfect nap and we headed out the door to go swimming. If you haven't seen Preston in a pool yet, you're missing out. The kid is INSANE! There is no fear in that child when it comes to anything and everything water. We choose to leave floaties on him even though he pretty much can touch in most of the pool where we were playing. He is just too fast and crazy to worry about him losing his balance or something. Crazy! He LOVES water and is excited to be able to splash without the lecture that accompanies him in the bathtub. We swam for an hour and a half or so and then ran home to shower, change clothes and head out the door for his birthday dinner. We asked him where he wanted to eat and he said "bean burrito" so we went to Garcia's where kids eat free on Tuesday. SWEET! He was so cute and excited all day. We left the restaurant, headed home to open his presents, which were all little Toy Story figures (it's the only thing that kid cares about right now. Oh, that and Thomas the Train). I didn't do a cake because we still had cupcakes left over from the party my mom had at her house for him on Sunday so we sang to him and he licked the frosting off the cupcake (which is the only way he eats cupcakes anyway). I didn't even have any candles, but found old ones from Dylan's past parties so once again, I faked it. Preston doesn't care one bit! He just likes blowing out candles. So I put a #5 candle in one cupcake and a #1 candle in another cupcake and we had a 5-1=4 candle. :) Yep, I'm a flaky mom. But the day was EXACTLY what Preston wanted and that's all that matters to me. He knows he is loved and that we feel lucky he was born. We finished off our late evening by reading "Ladybug's Birthday" and tucking him in bed with his new toy story toys and more kisses than he could have possibly wanted. :) We love you Preston! Happy 4th Birthday, big boy!!