Blake is 4!

Blake turned 4 on June 7th! {yes, this post is a few weeks late, but it's been a little busy around here} I'm not sure how he is four already. It seems like with each year they just go by faster! Since his birthday was on a Saturday this year we had his party on his actual birthday which was fun! {there will be a post on that one of these days} Although I kind of like it when the actual birthday is on a different day, then it's like you get two special days. Anyway, enough about the birthday-day-party and on to my big FOUR-YEAR-OLD!

Last year we started a tradition where on every birthday we ask him a set of questions, so here are his answers, now that he is four:

Yearly Birthday Questionnaire:

Name: He wrote his name using his right hand

Age: 4

1. My favorite color is: blue and orange

2. My favorite toy is: red plane

3. My favorite food is: Mac n Cheese and hot dogs and strawberries 

4. A food I don’t like is: Broccoli 

5. My favorite show to watch on TV is: Wild Kratts, Mickey Mouse and Jake and the Neverland Pirates

6. My favorite thing to wear is: Shirts

7. My favorite game to play is: Angry Birds and baseball

8. My favorite sport is: Football

9. My favorite animal is: cow

10. My favorite song is: ABCs

11. I love the book: "I don't know what kind" {not really a book}

12. My best friend is: Tristan, Luke, Roman, Jayden and Liya

13. When I’m outside, I love to: play with water guns and ride my bike

14. My favorite holiday is: Christmas

15. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Night-night, Re-re Bear and Elmo

16. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Mac N Cheese and hot dogs

17. When I grow up I want to be: Baseball and football player

Blake has grown and changed so much over the last year. He has gone from a toddler to a kid!

He went through a time of really bad separation anxiety. It started right after we moved into a new house and I think that {which was something he had never experienced} was what brought it on. He wouldn't go into his class at church, he would start crying before we even left the house if he knew we were going somewhere, where I wasn't going to be with him. It was bad. But we pushed through and kept trying and he finally, got through it. {however it did almost take a whole year!} He just finished a week of VBS and loved it! 

He can now {almost} write his name. {I'm not so sure academics will be his thing}

He can ride a two wheel bike {with pedals} without training wheels. 

He absolutely LOVES to be outside.

He really would eat Mac n Cheese and Hot Dogs everyday for lunch {and probably dinner} if we let him.

We went from having a great sleeper who always slept in his bed from about 8pm-7am, to a little boy who likes to wake up in the night and come crawl in bed with mommy and daddy. {we figure he won't do this forever, right?}

He gets himself dressed almost everyday and usually picks out his own clothes too! 

He starts preschool in the fall!

He loves his sister, but also likes to push her buttons and has done a very good job figuring that out. But really, for the most part they are great friends and have fun playing with each other.

Blake,

You are sweet, loving, full of spunk and laughter! 

You are growing up so fast! We love you!