Makai's 4th year

Makai turned 4years old on October 3rd, I cannot believe how fast time flies. We went all out celebrating this change in his life. We took him to Millerton Lake with a bunch of friends in Sept, he got to enjoy riding on the boat and playing in the lake with his spider man life jacket. The best part of the lake for him besides the wind blowing in his hair on the boat was skipping rocks... he absolutely loves the simple things in life and those small things put a huge smile on his face :-) We also took Makai to Vossler Farms Pumpkin Patch in Visalia which is so much fun, they have a petting zoo, a mini corn maze even a huge corn maze, a train ride for the little ones, a hay ride for all and tons of pumpkins for everyone to pick from. The only rule I have for the kids is that they can only choose a pumpkin that is not too big for them to carry to the car on their own! It was fun, especially checking out all of the beautiful horses while on the hay ride which for some reason Makai was freaked out by. Maybe he thought they were there to scare him because you know it is Halloween time and all LOL.

We had Makai's 4th birthday party at our house on Oct 2nd, it was a very very small dinner gathering just a few family members and Mike's best friend w/kids... it was perfect. He got so many gifts with wheels things he can ride on I can even ride a couple too :-) he also got a couple super hero toys for some fun indoors or in the car, since we do spend most of our day driving around. He chose an ice cream cake this year, he's old enough to choose his own so I took him to Baskin Robbins for his free birthday ice cream and he chose a Frog Cake to take home to his party the ice cream he chose to eat for their was Strawberry, he told the lady "May I have pink ice cream please" LOL so there you go, he's a boy that loves pink. His birthday was on a Monday and it was exciting to wake up to "Great Day News" Makai's famous, well so he says because they aired his picture on their birthday segment which you'll see a copy below. After all that excitement away to school Makai went feeling absolutely great. Schools are so strict now a days here in Central Valley so they weren't aloud to celebrate his special day; however he got a big "Happy Birthday Greeting" from his teacher when he walked through the door that morning. It wasn't a very exciting day, school all day and then Makai chose to play in the backyard on his brand new quad for a couple hours after school. Then it was off to get Kaila from school and take her to cheer, which was fine for Makai too because he got to spend the evening of his birthday with the other cheer siblings at the indoor play gym that looks in at the girls cheer practice. Makai is a very thankful boy, he doesn't ask for much and totally just goes with the flow of things... he just appreciates life and that's what I love about my middle child ;-)