My son turns 4 on August 2nd. We celebrated his birthday on Saturday. My friend gave us a pool for the backyard, we bought a picnic table and had a small bbq. There were 10 kids, people came, including my husbands parents. They ate, drank, swam and had a great time. It ended up being more of a large play date for Markus. I had a few activities planned, but their attention spans are still to short. My sister put spiderman tattooes on them and played basketball with them and went in the pool with them. They all had a nice time. Markus chose his spiderman cake. We sang happy birthday inside to him. People came from 2 and left around 8pm. I was happy it was over. I was glad Markus had a great time. Sonja also had a great time being held by all these new faces.
I can't believe my son is 4. Only four years ago, he was born. I already started to think about what I will do for Sonja's birthday. I think for her, it will be just family for the first two years and like Markus, her first party will be a age 3. My in laws were great and they also had a great time.
The next day, we had another bbq with Tom's friends from work. They also got Markus a gift. One of his friends has a two yr old son and so they played together for a bit. His friend also is trying to be a photographer and took pictures of us, which his wife posted on facebook. They were very nice photos. So, although we stayed home the entire week end, it was a busy one. A lot of cleaning, cooking, preparation and cleaning again. I love these kind of week ends and love when my kids have a great time.
The summer is almost over. On Saturday night, my sister stayed late, we had a bit of a cry fest in remembering dad. I wish he could have seen Markus's fourth birthday. That is life.
Now, I have to prepare for Markus starting kindergarten and next step looking for daycare for Sonja and looking for a job.
