Sunday, June 7th was Owen's 4th birthday. Can't believe he's already 4. We had a fun day. We went to church and Owen was very excited that the primary sang to him and gave him a Tootsie Pop. He chose orange, of course, his favorite color. When we came home, some of our family came over to have some cake and ice cream with us. 
I found the directions for this cake on familyfun.com and thought it would be perfect for Owen this year. I'm by no means a professional, but I thought it turned out cute and most importantly, Owen thought it was fabulous.
When we were getting ready to open his presents yesterday, Owen said the funniest thing. He remembered that the UPS man had brought a package to our house a few days earlier and he said, "where's the package the UPS man brought to me?" then he thought for a second and said, "how he know'd it was my birthday? That was so nice of him."
Every year on their birthdays, I write down what my kids favorite things are. Here is Owen's list for this year:
favorite color: orange
favorite movie: All About John Deere and 'Cars'
chocolate
Mondays (because the garbage man comes)
Sunny D
Claire & Amelia
playing with mom's hair (especially at bedtime)
doing any kind of project with dad
licorice
spearmint gum
Just one more quick thing about my Owen before I forget:
Several weeks ago we were sitting at the table having pizza and root beer. Amelia was all done and pushed her plate away and then instead of just pushing her root beer cup gently away, decided to swipe at it with her hand. There was only about 1/4" of root beer in it, but it came flying directly at me and splashed all over me. I calmly (?) and firmly told Amelia that she couldn't do that and showed her my shirt which was now covered with root beer. She was just smiling at me with her cute little face.
I looked over at Owen and he had his head down but he had a huge smile on his face. I said, "Owen, it is not funny".
and he said, "I know, mom, that why i'm laughing to myself!"
