Peyton turns 4!

                                    My baby turned 4 today!

He suddenly seems so much older and more mature than the 3 year old he was yesterday. Last week we were in Alabama all week and so we were able to have a party for him last Thursday at Chuck E Cheese. He has been pleading with us to go there for some time now, and he was not disappointed. We invited his best friends from our old neighborhood to the party which made Peyty very happy. He tells us how he misses his best friends Tate Tate and Tayler all the time. Chase had a blast with his 2 best friends Tayler and Drew.

All the kids were able to go to Pump It Up as well that same morning. Wednesday we went to Alabama Adventures with Tayler and her mother and had an excellent time. At first the kids were a little sceptical of the rides, but soon remembered how much fun we used to have on them 2 years ago when we had passes to the park. It was a hot day and it rained a little but thank goodness it never lightninged so they didn't make us stay out of the water.

This morning when Peyty got out of the shower we gave him his new bicycle and other gifts and cards. I lit a '4' on a small cupcake and we sang Happy Birthday to him. At church the primary kids sang a birthday song to to him and since I am his Sunbeam teacher, I brought tiny cupcakes to class and had the kids sing to him yet again. After church we went to Skogie's restaurant for lunch. After naps we put the boat into Lake Lanier for our traditional birthday boat ride. Peyton drove the boat like a champ. After a dinner of leftovers* we ate SpongeBob birthday cake.

*At Skogie's the waitress made so many mistakes with our order that we ended up with a lot more food than we had ordered for free. They were really sweet about their mistakes and we were in jovial moods so it was no skin off of our backs. Who can complain about free food that tastes good? Not us!