How do you celebrate 4?

Balloons? Didn't happen.  A great big sign? No. Bunting and streamers and confetti? Not here.

So how did our little boy celebrate his fourth birthday? 

By visiting and playing with lots of people he loves. 

We started out the day by walking up the street to visit Denny, because sometimes you just need a Denny day.

Denny and his wife Dian were in nursery with Daryl and he has remained one of Daryl's favorite friends and buddies. It helps he has a cool swing set, a horse and pony, a puppy and an old dog and a cool John Deere riding lawn mower, fun toys inside, a good treat stash and a super fun personality.

Next we went to visit Gwen, another neighbor friend. She lets us help feed her chickens and has fun toys to play with sometimes. She is really nice and gave Daryl some bubbles.She is like a neighbor grandma. She even walked us back home (probably because Daryl wasn't ready to leave yet or he had something really important to show Gwen.)

After all that visiting we rested. We were going to go have lunch at work with Dad but birthdays are big and you have to take them instride. Also never wake a sleeping Ruthie if you don't have too.

Once we were rested we got to go check out Grandma and Grandpa Egbert's construction site. They are building a house and Daryl is good at overseeing the work. He has pretty much been in heaven with all the equipment and trucks and different things going on with it.

Then off to Evelyn and Roberta's. More of his favorite people, and a birthday card with money in it for him to buy something he wants.

Then a visit with Karen, Evelyn and Roberta's neighbor, who is like another grandma. She is so good to all of us, and one of Daryl's good friends too.

Of course he needed to give Karen's dogs, Tia and Shadow a treat and loves on his birthday, and they had to return the the loving.

And before we left to go home he got to see Grandpa Lynn, who he shares a birthday with.They are sure silly together sometimes.

On the way home we went shopping for the all important birthday dinner. He got to be in charge of his own cart and his mom didn't completely loose her sanity in the process.

And what do you have for dinner at four? Why your favorite foods in your favorite color- macaroni and cheese with ham, carrots, corn on the cob, peaches, and Cheetos. Orange is his favorite color if you couldn't tell.

For dessert a birthday brownie with chocolate chocolate ganache ice cream.

But before the day is over you need a ride in chitty chitty bang bang with Grandma Richins and a birthday shopping trip to Walmart for whatever your little four year old heart wants that is in th birthday budget price range.

It happened to be a way cool Spiderman remote control motorcycle. 

And that is how we celebrated 4 with our boy. What a day and what a boy!

As side note at his four year check up he was 40 inches tall and 40 pounds and doing great. He even got to avoid shots because he has a whole school year before kindergarten.