Daniel's 4th Birthday

On Saturday morning we headed to the local park to celebrate Daniel turning 4 with our lovely family. With bikes, drinks, food and cake in hand we set up one of the tables in the lovely winter sun.

Eliza and Daniel hovered around the table keen to eat the different food that was being put out. I think I have now worked out a good portion size for our family gatherings which is nice. Muffins, cucumber sticks with dip, cheese and crackers, fruit and of course cake. This year Daniel chose a Humpty Dumpty cake which I had a lot of fun to make. 

Daniel went off to ride on his bike a bit with Oscar. Eliza stayed near the food and then went for a swing with Poppy. This was then followed by her having a bike ride too.

It was lovely to be able to catch up with family. 

Once everyone was back from their rides Daniel asked if it was cake time and Eliza decided to say hello to the cake. Back in May Daniel decided to have the Humpty Dumpty cake. I was very happy with this choice as it didn't require a lot of decorating and with having a newborn I didn't know how much time I would have to make it. It was actually a lot of fun to make and wasn't too time consuming. With Daniel and Eliza being sick they weren't to blow out the candles so Daniel had a candle in a mini muffin and Oscar took on cake candle blowing out duties. Helpful big cousin! Happy birthday was sung and then the candles were blown out. 

I had to feed Alexander so James took on cake cutting duties. Just the right amount of pieces were cut. Daniel found it hard to know how to eat his piece because it was covered in so much icing being a corner piece. Hehe. It was a tasty cake. 

This was then followed by more bike riding, 

more swings time and then present time. Daniel was very spoilt by his family!!

Alexander got to meet his 2nd cousin - Tim, his Great Aunty Julie and Uncle Pete and his Great-great Aunty Shirley. It was nice for him to have some cuddles with them.

It was a lovely morning at the park. 

When we got back home Daniel enjoyed exploring and playing with his different presents. His favorite were the mail box and fruit. He even chose to deliver letters to Eliza and James' doors during naptime. He told me 'Mummy, I tiptoed down the hallway so that I didn't wake Daddy and Eliza and delivered their letters to the door.' So cute!!

Monday morning was Daniel's actual birthday. He woke around 6:30 so James and I went into his room to say happy birthday. We then have him his first present - Swans pjs for a 4 year old. He was very excited about them. His other presents needed to wait until the night because James needed to head to work early but Daniel was fine with that. 

Once his sun came up we had breakfast, got dressed, had cuddles with Alexander

and then headed to preschool with muffins in hand. Early in the week I asked Daniel what he wanted to take into preschool to share with his friends for his birthday. He replied 'Fruit!' I love my boy who loves his fruit. I asked him if he wanted to take fruit muffins in and he said yes. He then decided on apple and pineapple muffins. I compromised with apple and cinnamon muffins instead. They were apparently enjoyed by the kids. Daniel especially enjoyed his muffin.

After preschool we came home, had a bath, had some popcorn for having dry undies for 4 days

and then opened some more presents - from Nana J and Boompa (Lego) and Grannie Jean (a gift card). He's pretty excited to go to the shops and choose his own present, although I don't think he fully understands what that includes.

He enjoyed chatting with Nana and Poppy on FaceTime and then with Boompa, Nana J, Grayma and Auntie Sue on the phone. Pretty funny watching him talk on the phone as he walks around the table and the room the whole conversation.

After Alexander finished a feed Daniel and I then started to build his Lego garbage truck from Nana J and Boompa. This is his first time building with Lego and he did pretty well. I am looking forward to him building with Lego as he grows up. 

We had dinner and then gave him his last present - more Thomas tracks and trains. He was very excited about all his presents, he stayed up until 9 playing with them all. 

Happy 4th Birthday to my sweet boy.