A Big 4 Birthday Party!

 I think Grant's birthday has gotten more fun over the years.  He was totally into his birthday and has asked me almost every day since when his 5 year old birthday is coming.

For his birthday he really wanted to go to ChuckE Cheese!  He doesn't like pizza and so we pretty much just went for the games.  (More about birthday dinner later.)  Grant enjoyed all of the games and is actually pretty good at them.  We really thought he would like this monster truck ride, but he refused to get in it. When we talked Evy, his cousin, to ride in it with him he finally agreed.  I think he enjoyed himself...

He was laughing so hard that he bumped his head against the windshield.  Evy liked the ride, but lost interest after about 5 times.  Grant on the other hand rode the thing 8 times in a row before he decided he had enough.

Grant also really liked the air hockey game.  The table was a little smaller and easier for him to play.  The game goes until a player reaches 7 points.  Or if you are little it runs until the machine decides one player definitely should have scored 7 points.  We found this out when the kids played.

We had a lot of fun at ChuckE Cheese!  Everyone was hungry by the time we used up the tokens.  We told Grant we would take him out to eat for his birthday.  We listed off some of his favorite places and told him to pick.  He could pick any where he wanted and he chose Burger King!  We couldn't complain about the value, but we sort of wanted to go somewhere else.  Oh well! 

The funny thing is he never wants to play on the play land.  He doesn't really care for slides and is too cautious to climb the jungle gym part.  Since Evy was with us she wanted to play on the play land.  Grant decided he would try it out, probably mostly do to peer pressure.  Evy is a dare devil and climbed up the entire twisty slide.  Grant was proud of himself when he dared go down a slide that was as long as he was tall on his stomach and backwards.  We were so proud, let me tell you!

When we got home he opened his presents.  He got a lot of card and board games.  He is really into playing Uno and Memory.  Since I am usually the one that plays with him I decided he needed to get some new games.  I am really sick of Uno!

Evy was a sweet heart and let him open all of his presents all by himself.  He was a good birthday boy and actually didn't need help.  (In the past she has had to help him with his presents.)  

We were so lucky to have my mom be able to come up from Utah and celebrate with us.  It worked out because then Grandma Cindy could send her present up and not have to worry about mailing it! Good thing too, because Grant got a super cool coloring set from Grandma Cindy!

Grant was very excited about his birthday cake this year.  It did not mean he ate any, he was just excited to have a sing to him and blow out candles.  It was a great birthday party.  I can't believe this little man is already 4 years old!  It seems like just yesterday he was born.