Ending the parade of fall birthdays in our family (five within two months of each other), on the day of Joseph's blessing we also celebrated our Star Wars fanatic's big number "4".
With all of the other kids in school this year (except for baby of course), Brooks is my little buddy at home during the day. He is so much fun to be around, and is constantly saying silly things. Like when, while sitting at the kitchen table several months ago, he rested his head solemnly in his hands and stated, "I hate Mondays!" I have no idea where he picked it up from, but it did in fact happen to be a Monday (a fact I'm almost positive he was not aware of) which made the outburst that much more hilarious. That type of humor-inspiring comment is a moment-by-moment occurrence with this expressive little child.
With the birth of Joseph, Brooks is now a big brother and is doing a phenomenal job at it. He let's me know when Joseph is hungry, tired, happy, etc. and is constantly commenting on how cute Joseph is ... a comment which is usually followed with, "wasn't I cute as a baby?"
You know it, little buddy! And still are as cute as they come.
Grandma loving on the birthday boy.
Pre-present excitement.
Okay, I think we're all ready.
Everyone wants to help.
Fun gifts!
Tron & a new sleeping bag!
Here's the demonstration ...
And an awesome new DS game ... Kung Zhu.
Mom may have bought it, but Dad was definitely the brains behind the gift.
Apparently a love for video games runs in the family.
With all of the other kids in school this year (except for baby of course), Brooks is my little buddy at home during the day. He is so much fun to be around, and is constantly saying silly things. Like when, while sitting at the kitchen table several months ago, he rested his head solemnly in his hands and stated, "I hate Mondays!" I have no idea where he picked it up from, but it did in fact happen to be a Monday (a fact I'm almost positive he was not aware of) which made the outburst that much more hilarious. That type of humor-inspiring comment is a moment-by-moment occurrence with this expressive little child.
With the birth of Joseph, Brooks is now a big brother and is doing a phenomenal job at it. He let's me know when Joseph is hungry, tired, happy, etc. and is constantly commenting on how cute Joseph is ... a comment which is usually followed with, "wasn't I cute as a baby?"
You know it, little buddy! And still are as cute as they come.
Here's the whole gang again.
Grandma loving on the birthday boy.
Pre-present excitement.
Okay, I think we're all ready.
Everyone wants to help.
Fun gifts!
Tron & a new sleeping bag!
Here's the demonstration ... And an awesome new DS game ... Kung Zhu.
Mom may have bought it, but Dad was definitely the brains behind the gift.
Apparently a love for video games runs in the family.
Brooks and his second mom:)
Grandma and her girls. 
With four birthdays already behind us, I for one was getting extremely tired of cake. I tried to talk my kids into something different, but with no success. If we had to have yet another cake, though, I suppose this one was pretty fun! Actually Brooks told me, his very non cake-decorating mother, the day of the party/blessing that he wanted a Kunh Zhu (aka hamster) cake. Seriously? I told him that his Dad and I would do our best. 
It was actually pretty fun to put together and turned out reasonably cute, if I do say so myself.
Happy birthday wishes, Brookers! You are one amazing four-year-old.
Grandma and her girls. 
With four birthdays already behind us, I for one was getting extremely tired of cake. I tried to talk my kids into something different, but with no success. If we had to have yet another cake, though, I suppose this one was pretty fun! Actually Brooks told me, his very non cake-decorating mother, the day of the party/blessing that he wanted a Kunh Zhu (aka hamster) cake. Seriously? I told him that his Dad and I would do our best. Here's what we came up with in a moments notice ...
It was actually pretty fun to put together and turned out reasonably cute, if I do say so myself.
Happy birthday wishes, Brookers! You are one amazing four-year-old. BTW, does anybody else think it's insane that I'm letting my boys have chocolate birthday cake while wearing ties and white shirts??? Hopefully I had them change their clothes before digging in, but I honestly can't remember for sure. Oops.
Brooks is such a cutie!!! We love him to pieces!
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