Happy Happy Birthday Gavin Dear! 1-1-11

It's so crazy that my little boy is 4!!!! It is so fun having his birthday on New Year's Day because everyone is around and in the party mood :)

When I was younger my Grandpa Searle would always make all kinds of crazy pancakes...colorful ones, one is the shape of Mickey Mouse ears, he would do our initials, etc. I always got a kick out of it. I have tried to do it occasionally for kids birthdays. So for Gavin's birthday I made blue pancakes and wrote his name. Yes they do not look appetizing but it sure is fun :)

The later in the afternoon his friends came over and we had a party. I asked him what he wanted to do for his party and he wanted his friends to come play our new Lego Rockband game. Talk about a cute picture with Gavin's little band. ha ha ha. It was cracking me up. Then the rest of the day was football games :) Hopefully Gavin grows up to like sports because if not he is going to be awfully bitter on the day of his birthday.

His giant cookie ice cream cake!

Cooper and Gavin

Zachary, Gavin and Peter

Gavin's girlfriend Suzy

Thanks Grandma & Grandpa Rose for the awesome remote control car! And Grandma & Grandpa Gillespie gave him the coolest building set. What a great birthday.

Gavin is such a joy! When Gavin laughs it makes you laugh because it is so darn cute. He really loves life and always laughing and having fun. The other thing I love about Gavin is that he is such a loving child. He constantly is telling me that he loves me. In each and every prayer he says he says how grateful he is for his family. Also he and Emma play together so much and he tells her that she is his best friend. True they do fight a lot too, but he is so loving. On the flip side he is so tough! All the kids Luke and Emma's age love to play with Gavin and he can hold his own. He can tackle, and fight with the best of them. When the older kids come to play it seems that it always turns out that Gavin is the villan and when I look out back all the older kids are running from Gavin. He is also very athletic. He runs fast, can catch a ball well, hit a ball, and throw far. He is hard working. When he starts something he stays with it until it is done. AND he doesn't want help with it. He is constantly switching out the laundry from the washer to the dryer, and sorting the clothes after we take them out of the dryer. He even puts all of his away. Gavin also loves to learn and is teachable. The other day after he said the prayer at dinner Matt pulled him aside and told him that when we pray we say thee, thine and thou instead of you, your, etc. I hear him correcting himself all the time and I know he is trying to do what his dad taught him! What a joy that little boy is! Happy Birthday Gavin!