Happy Birthday Theo!

Today we had the privilege of celebrating Theo's fourth birthday. We went to Bekonscot Model Village as a family and allowed Theo to bring one friend with him. He chose his good friend Josiah. It was a really fun day with viewing the village, playing on the fun playground, having a picnic, and riding a little train. A fun fact about this village was that the Queen celebrated her tenth birthday there. Theo liked that fact.

 We then ended the day as a family with our traditional pizza celebration at Pizza Hut. While at Pizza Hut we made a list of things that Theo had learned in the last twelve months or had accomplished. We came up with the following:

•  to count to thirty
• to recognize his name
• to dress himself
• to put his shoes on
• graduated from St. Paul's Pre-School
• to ride a bike with stabilizers 
• to be a good big brother to Eliot 

 We then decided that we should all go around the table and say what we appreiated most about Theo. Here are the results:

•  Charles: His imaginative play and how he creates so many fun things to play 
• Erin: How he has made progress on working hard and doesn't quit when things are hard 
• Addie: How he colours (there were crayons in front of her so it may have just been the power of suggestion as Theo is not a big colourer) 
• Eliot (as spoken by Mom): How he talks to me after breakfast every morning and makes me smile
• Jack: How he lies on my bed with me and reads books 

 We are very blessed by this little boy and thank God he is part of our family.

 Kids the morning of Theo's birthday:

Theo on his birthday:

Theo receiving Miles Axelrod his present from Jack, Addie, and Eliot:

Picture of model village:

Having fun in the phone booth:

On the train at the model village:

Theo and his friend Josiah:

Theo blowing out his candles:

Family at Pizza Hut: