I am 4 years old!

Happy 4th Birthday to me!

To celebrate my birthday, mommy made cupcakes to share with my friends at pre-school. They were strawberry cupcakes with chocolate frosting. We ate them for afternoon snack.

For dinner, we went to at my favorite place: Panera. When we got home, I showed mommy the sign my teacher's made for me. It said "Happy 4th Birthday Logan!" and there were pictures of balloons on it. Mommy and daddy had a surprise for me - an ice cream cake!


They put four candles in it, turned out the lights, and sang me happy birthday. I blew out all the candles! I was a little disappointed with the cake. I wanted chocolate, but it was strawberry ice cream with white cake. That didn't stop me from eating it. Mason didn't eat ice cream because it was too cold. Silly kid.

Here's a run-down of the things I like, things I'm good at and things I'm working on:

Things I like:

• The aquarium. my favorites are the jellyfish and hammerhead shark
• Eating out. whenever mommy or daddy ask me what I want to do for dinner, I immediately say I want to eat out. I think the food tastes better at restaurants than the food mommy or daddy cook at home.
• Playing with the LeapPad. I'm only allowed to play for 30 minutes/day on the weekends
• Singing to Mason. When we're in the car, I'll ask Mason if he wants me to sing to him. He usually says yes and then tell me what to sing. His requests change, but generally include: small world, you are my sunshine, somewhere over the rainbow or jingle bells.
• Reading. I can't read by myself, but I can recite a lot of books from memory. When mommy asks me to read short 3 or 4 letter words, I think it's fun for the first couple of words. Then I tell her I don't want to do it anymore.

Things I'm good at:

• Going potty. I don't have potty accidents anymore, not even at night. Whenever I have feel the urge to pee or poo, I just stop what I'm doing and go to the bathroom. I can even wipe myself after I go poo. 
• Asking Mason to play with me. By the way, asking him to play with me is not the same as sharing. We play Disney vacation where we pretend to go to Disneyland. Sometimes mommy and daddy will find us sitting in the laundry basket or against the wall pretending we're on a ride at Disneyland.
• Riding my plasma car.

Things I'm working on:

• Not talking back. Mommy and daddy say it's very disrespectful. They get very angry when I do it. I know that I'm doing it, but I still do it. Mommy really hopes it's just a phase.
• Going to bed when it's bed time. Since I nap at school, I have lots of energy for the rest of the evening. I usually come out of my room 4-5 times before I'm finally down for the night. When I come out of my room, I tell mommy and daddy, "I'm not at all sleepy."
• Writing: I've started writing letters and words at school. And I also have homework. I can write my name, but sometimes my G's look like 6's or I write a P instead of a G. I also don't understand that I should write the letters from left to write to make a word. In my book, if all the letters are on the page, it's good.
• Getting ready in the morning. I usually don't want to change out of my pajamas or brush my teeth. I prefer to hang out in my PJs. So every morning is a struggle for daddy (he usually gets us ready for school).

My favorite songs:

• All the songs from the Frozen sound track. I especially like the ones that Elsa and Anna sing together. I learned it's called a duet.
• Firework by Katy Perry

My favorite books:

• Disney story books. Between Mason and me, we have 4 of them. I usually ask to read a story from one of these books for bedtime.

Mason's 2nd Birthday Party

Nope, that's not a typo. We celebrated Mason's 2nd birthday the day before my birthday (and almost 3 months after his birthday). Mommy didn't plan it that way. We were supposed to have the party at the end of February, but everyone got sick. When we rescheduled the party, the gym even asked if we were sure the party was for Mason.

Mason had a Little Gym party for his 2nd birthday. Mommy only invited a couple of my friends to the party. They only got invited because they have younger siblings close in age to Mason.

Everyone had a great time playing with the parachute, jumping on the air track, chasing and popping bubbles, and exploring the gym equipment. After the gym time, we had pizza, sang happy birthday to Mason and ate cupcakes. Yum!

Thanks for coming to celebrate Mason's birthday everyone! Hope you had as much fun as we did.

Jumpin' Birthday Party

My BFF (that's birthday friend forever) Edison had his 4th birthday party at Pump It Up this afternoon. As soon as we walked into the room, I took off for the inflatable obstacle course. Mommy had to grab me to say hi to auntie Ann, uncle Newton and Edison. She said it's polite to greet our hosts before we go play. I had a blast running, sliding and jumping on all the inflatables.

The inflatables were a little bit big for Mason, but that didn't stop him. He wanted to go on the obstacle course with mommy. So she took him, but he got stuck and would cry. Mommy did her best to encourage him to go. Eventually daddy came along and carried Mason up the stairs so he could slide down.

We all had a great time. Happy Birthday Edison! Thanks for inviting us to the party!

Happy Birthday Caylie!

We celebrated Caylie's 2nd birthday today. First, we went to Build-a-Bear to make stuffed animals. We've never been here before so we had to learn how it works. In case you're interested in going here's how you make your animal:

1. Choose an animal. They have a wide assortment of animals from bears and dogs to My Little Pony and Hello Kitty.  The price ranges depending on what you pick. I chose Harajuku Hugs Panda; Mason chose Frosty the Snowman; Caylie also chose Harajuku Hugs Panda.
2. You pick a heart and give your animal personality traits like sporty, strong, cute, and playful. 
3. Add sound to your animal (optional). You can choose a pre-recorded sounds like phrases your animal would say or song snipets. Or you could record your own voice. I chose Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen. It was a tough choice between that and Roar by Katy Perry. I like Katy Perry and know a lot of her songs. Caylie chose a selection of phrases. Auntie Lia was trying to get her to pick Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, but she wasn't into it. Mason used the record his voice option to record someone singing Do You Want to Build a Snowman on YouTube.
4. Add a scent to you animal. We didn't do this
5. After you've made all your selections, they put the heart into the animal, stick the sound making device into the hand and then stuff it!
6. The very last step is naming your animal (oh and paying).  You can also pick out clothes and accessories for your animal. They had a Sharks uniform, skates and a stick. But mommy said no because it cost $31

After getting our animals, we went to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. We had a great time hanging out with Caylie, Nathan, Uncle Eddie, Auntie Lia, and PoPo.

Happy 2nd birthday, Caylie!

Sharing a room

Not only did grandma and grandpa spent the entire day with us yesterday, but they also stayed over night! I offered to let them sleep in my room/bed. Since they were going to stay in my room that meant I didn't have any place to sleep.

Mommy and daddy said that I could sleep in Mason's room. Mommy said it would be a good experiment to see what it would be like if Mason and I were to share a room permanently. They brought out an aero bed for me and put it in Mason's room.

Needless to say, Mason and I did not got to bed when it was bed time. Mason got out of his toddler bed and came over to my bed. We started talking to each other, then we got out of bed, turned on the light and took all the books of the bookshelf. I even decided to jump from the lower railing of Mason's bed to my bed.

Grandpa said it was like a slumber party. Mommy and daddy had to come in and split us up. Mason ended up in mommy and daddy's room until he fell asleep. Then daddy moved him back to his bed.  Daddy says the Brady Bunch is false advertising. Bobby, Peter and Greg all shared one room, and they went to bed when it was time to go to bed.

Now that I know how fun it is to share a room, I want to sleep in Mason's room all the time!