D turned 4

My baby turned four! We had a wonderful weekend, although it was rainy and overcast the whole time. We love our oldest son so much and are amazed by his love, generosity and understanding. He is the sweetest big brother ever! We love him to the moon and back a thousand times over!

My mother-in-law, Mima, came into town on Thursday evening. The weather was nice enough out on Friday to go to the park. We went back to Phil Hardburger Park- at D’s request and both boys were totally worn out afterwards.  

On Saturday, we planned to go to Sea World to celebrate D’s birthday but the rain started even before the park opened. It has rained every year on D’s birthday! I guess that is spring in Texas! We decided to skip Sea World and head to Chuck E Cheese. We met Mimi and Uncle B there at 10am. The boys had a great time playing all the games, at least they found it very exciting since we have only been two times before. We decided to go to Pasha afterwards because the boys always love their bread and dips and we though both grandmas would love it. The boys took great naps and then Uncle B went back home to Houston.

D’s birthday on Sunday began with chocolate chip and marshmallow pancakes and bacon! The rain continued and we watched movies with Mimi and Mima and we even tried to go to the park for a few minutes. I made a homemade strawberry cake for D at his request and I think it turned out pretty good. I had a really hard time finding a recipe online for a strawberry cake from scratch, so I sort of used a few different ones and winged it. I did make it with real sugar and flour, but I feel better not using overly processed cake mixes with dyes.