Griffin- The BirthDAY

Hopefully one day my children will have fond memories of their birthdays.

We have fun traditions that we do each time we celebrate a birthday in the house.

One of my favorites is decorating for the birthday boy/girl.

They wake up on the morning of their birthday to balloons, banners, and a gift to open.

The birthday person gets to use the red place mat that is only reserved for birthdays!

We then sing "happy birthday" and blow out the candles 

and enjoy breakfast together.

This is what it looks like when you wake up on your birthday in our house.

6:30am- here is the birthday boy!

He is still semi-sleeping and taking in the sights.

Griff opening his gifts.

He received Spiderman, some new "guys" and his very own Magicians hat and wand.

Party hats/ accessories are always a must!

Next up~ Waffles with strawberries and whipped cream with 4 candles.

"Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday dear GRIFFIN....

Happy birthday to you!"

Here is the birthday boy ready to make a wish and blow out his candles.

Dream BIG my sweet boy!

2 boys ready to party!

Shortly after breakfast Satch had to run out to school for the day. :(

MiMi Kat was with us so she was able to spend the day with us. :)

I kept it a secret until we got into the car.

I then revealed to Griff our plans for the day.

We were heading over to the North Shore to the strawberry farm

to pick some fresh strawberries and enjoy the fun toys and play ground on the grounds.

Last year we went with a large group to this same strawberry farm and Griff loved it.

One year later he still talks about the strawberry patch!

We enjoyed a couple hours picking strawberries, playing on the grounds, 

and visiting the adorable animals.  (except for the turkeys- they were yucky looking!)

Here is my favorite 4 year old boy in the whole wide world.

The boys giving MiMi tight hugs.

Gotta love it.  4 years old and not a care in the world!

After lunch we stopped for Griff's favorite food- PIZZA!

My big boy ate ever last bite of his FOUR pieces of pizza.

Where in the world did that appetite come from?

He must be a growing boy!

Once home Griff had to lay for a little quite time.

Here he is laid back and looking mighty comfy.

Looks like he is really enjoying this whole birthday thing!

Once Satch returned from school we sang "Happy birthday" again and enjoyed cupcakes.

Baby bear digging into his cupcake.

Literally.

Like he would be in a pie eating contest or something?

I love that we were able to make Griff's birthday a fun day from sun up to sundown.

He is still talking about his birthday 2 days later.

And that is all I need to make me smile...