4th Birthday Boy

Ready to open his gifts

He looks so old right here!

A new glove from Erin and Todd (he took it to bed with him that night)

Enjoying his birthday song

Twinsies

Sambo had a great birthday all-around.  On his actual birthday he went mini-golfing and bowling with a few of his friends and had dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings.  It was a boys-only night--Sam and 2 of his football-coach friends came with their sons and partied together.  The following day we had his family party.  Sambo's custom menu of hot dogs and chips was pretty easy to put together :)

As a newly-minted 4-year-old, Sammy is just great.  He is still a sweet, sensitive boy.  He likes to hug as much as he likes to play rough.  He'll hockey-fight one minute and the next stop and say, "I just love you, Mom."  He reads everything and makes up what he can't figure out.  He counts to 100 and can count by twos and tens.  His aptitude for sports trivia is becoming evident--not sure if I should credit that to Daddy or Opa in the gene pool!  He is pretty patient with his assertive older sister and his rough-and-tumble baby brother.  Since Sam and I are both 2nd in birth order, it doesn't surprise us that Sammy is pretty mellow and easy to get along with.  We 2nd children are like that :)

This fall he'll be busy with preschool, Sunday school, and AWANA.  Life really opens up when you are four!