Mitchell's Birthday Recap

Recap time for Mitchell's 4th birthday - a bit tardy but nonetheless here it is!

 He had a fun birthday week and he is my special and loved little man!

Time is flying by too fast.  First a bit about Mitchell! He is the sweetest and most loving son a mom could ask for, the most playful son a dad could ask for and the most fun brother a sister could ask for! Here is a bit about Mitchell as he turns 4!

 Favorite Things:

-FUN:  Right now he is on a lego kick!  He loves watching the show Ninjago and loves the Ninjago Lego sets.  He got a few for Christmas and although he could not put them together by himself since they were a bit complicated, his dad did and he loves playing with them with Shayla and being very inventive in his play. He also still loves cars (Hot Wheels) and loves playing with dinosaur toys!  He love riding his bike with training wheels up and down hills and tries to go on the scooter or skate a bit with not as much success. 

-Color: GREEN still but it also changes once in awhile to orange and purple.

-Food:  Argh he is a PICKY eater right now!  Despite my best efforts for him to have a sophisticated palate he likes the basic kids foods- pasta, pizza, cereal, etc.  But he does love fruit and his favorite food is green pancakes which are made with spinach and nutmeg etc and so if I get those in his system a few times a week he gets his green veggies! He also is a big smoothie drinker so I make sure to load them with veggies as well!

-TV Show: Ninjago and Transformers and Power Rangers – all boy!

-Best Friends: Shayla, Brodyn, Todd, Summer, Noelle, Chase, Brayden, Ethan and Evan – he is a charmer and a really good friend!  His preschool teacher tells me that every day if his buddies get to school before he does, they all hang around waiting and asking for Mitchell and run and greet him with giant hugs when he gets there.  He has many kids who call him his “best friend” in his class, and he is a good friend to all of them!

-BROTHER:  He and Shayla love each other so much and play so well together. They are great with sharing toys and playing creatively together.  They love playing outdoors in the backyard exploring for bugs, catching snails, running around outside, reading books, playing pretend animals (dino, little pet shop, etc). and do everything together that they can!

 A few other tidbits:

-He is my little baker!  He loves to bake with me in the kitchen (probably because half the time it involves chocolate chips!)

-He is a bit OCD and often has to have things just right or he obsesses over them.  When his room is clean (which is usual contrasting with Shaylas!) he has to have everything in place or it bothers him.  If one of his lego toys leg or arm or whatever piece is at the wrong angle he has me constantly correcting it.  It is funny and I am sure he will grow out of it but it’s a part of his personality right now!

-He loves to sing sings and is often singing songs from kids music cds as he walks around the house. He is also already reading sight words too and Shayla reads often to him! 

He is the most loving little boy – always giving me hugs and randomly reaching for my hand to kiss it or kissing the top of my head when I am helping him or reading to him.  He always wakes up happy and is rarely in a bad mood. He has a sweet, gentle nature at heart but also loves to be rambunctious as a boy and be rough and tumble with his family and friends.  He is our perfect little mix of slugs and snails and puppy dog tails! We love our little 4 year old Mitchell! 

Here are photos from his birthday celebration week!

Per request, he started the day with his FAVORITE food - green pancakes!

Then a birthday day photo shoot! They are the sweetest siblings and love each other so much! 

The off to preschool where he was king for the day!

Then some of his favorite people joined us to go see the Lego Movie!  They loved it and we ended the night with pizza and birthday treats!

 

Then we had our family birthday celebration with a Lego theme the following Sunday. 

With Grandma and his new legos! 

Playing pin the head on the lego man. 

Opening presents! 

Getting ready to dig into birthday Lego brownies!