Happy Birthday Destruct - O - Dal Dal

Look who is the big 4!

He got his very favorite Lucky Charms for breakfast. What a "Lucky" boy!!

For his special day we went to Roaring Springs Water Park for the day!

"Stick To-Gedder"
We got season passes here and the very first time we went, 10 minutes in and Dalan got lost...at a water park, where there is water. A mom's worse nightmare. There were 9,000 people there so I just asked the lifeguard to help me find him in the kiddie area. He had wandered off trying to look for me. The lifeguard found him pretty quick, but it really scared both Dalan and Macie. This actually was a really good thing because for the rest of the summer, the two of them totally did just that and were always stuck together!

I'm pretty sure he had a super fun time!

We made a special cake for Dal Dal. The kids really wanted to help. Their part was to lick the batter...yum yum!

Waiting for the birthday cake to be baked!

Dalan's latest love is his bike. I can't keep him off of this thing. Even though he has crashed and burned and scabbed his knees, cheeks, and elbows so many times...he loves this thing! This was the inspiration for his cake.

I couldn't find a bicycle figurine, so we got a motorcycle instead and VOILA!

Dalan's latest obsession is FIRE. This is no bueno, I know. He has learned that you can turn the knob on my stove and the gas flame turns into FIRE. I caught him turning it on the lowest setting, going into the backyard to find his sticks, and then proceeding to bring them into the house to play pretend camping with the "FIRE."

So...when you see how happy he is to have his very own birthday cake, he is even more excited that there are candles on it that have FIRE (which is why there are STICKS in his hand) Where did we get this boy!!??!!

Dalan's mountain of presents!

Bug Vaccuum. All boys love bugs. He had a spider caught in this the second he opened it. What a guy!

Baseball. This is his latest obsession and we have since taught him that a "baseball hitter" is really called a bat. He got this fun baseball hitter thingy that he thinks is pretty great.

Weed Trimmer. (Round 2) He got one of these when he turned 2 and it is currently duct taped together and he will not part ways with it. Thanks Bumma Mags for pulling through on this one! He hasn't stopped playing with it, and it actually makes noise again (THANKS!)

Happy Happy day to this little guy who I cannot believe is 4. You make our crazy lives crazier, happier, funnier, full of adventure, mystery, and everything in between. You bring laughter, joy, and all kinds of fun to our home.

We love you dude-ee!