Fourth Birthday

Amy and I let the twins make all the decisions for their fourth birthday. I took a vacation day and we did everything Caden and Caroline wanted to do all day.

The morning started off like it did last year with the kids being greeted by streamers hanging from the hallway.

After getting dressed, the kids opened some presents from Amy and I.

It was then time for breakfast. Caden and Caroline had differing opinions on what we should do for breakfast so I said we'd do both. Our first stop was one of our favorite donut shops.

I suggested they get small donuts since we were going McDonalds afterwards. Caden disagreed. Again, his birthday, his decision. :) Here is the donut Caden picked. It was the size of his leg!

...and gone!!!

After a giant donut, Caden did not want anything at McDonalds. Caroline had pancakes and some eggs.

It was just us at our favorite McDonalds. Caden and Caroline had a ton of fun beings the only ones on the playscape

After breakfast, we went home and decorated birthday cakes. Caroline had her own red cake with red frosting while Caden had a blue cake with blue frosting.

At home, the kids got a special phone call from Mickey and Minnie Mouse telling them about the Disney Cruise our family will go on soon. (We are all looking forward to that!)

For lunch, the kids chose Chuck E Cheese.

Here was the delicious Chuck E Cheese pizza our family shared. It was almost as good as it looks. :)

We had fun playing tons of games and winning tons of tickets. Here I am helping the kids play a few games of Mario Kart.

Caden and Caroline were worn out after Chuck E Cheese and needed a quick power nap.

For dinner, Caden wanted Chick Fil A and Caroline wanted Panda Express. We picked up both and met Amy parents at Verts (one of our favorite places) for dinner. After dinner, we headed over to Grammie and Poppa's for presents and dessert.

  

Caden really wanted a "real tuba" for his birthday. (Caden considers any wind powered instrument to be a tuba.) Grammie found these really cool instruments for the kids. They got a trumpet-tuba and a clarinet-tuba.

While the instruments might be a little loud, the kids love them. And at least Grammie and Poppa didn't give Caroline what she asked for. Caroline wanted a real puppy! :)

After presents, it was time for birthday cake.

The entire family had fun on Caden and Caroline's fourth birthday. We cannot believe the kids are already four. The time is just flying by.