Ian turned four years old three days ago, but today was only the second time he ate cake for his birthday, as he didn't eat any his first two birthdays. He wouldn't eat his dinner last night (white chicken chili), and he still refused to eat it at breakfast or lunch today. I think he would have caved a bit earlier if he hadn't eaten so many goldfish crackers at church this morning. Thankfully after he woke up from his nap, he ate his chili for Daddy while Nadia and I were attending a three hour musical (Narnia). Paul's parents came up to join us for pizza and birthday cake, and the kids were thrilled that we were finally using the Monster's Inc. paper plates and cups. Ian made up for skipping a couple of meals by eating one slice of pizza, one sugar cookie, one piece of chocolate birthday cake, and part of a chocolate covered pretzel. Aunt Millie made his cake! I forgot to check our supply of candles and discovered we only had two. OOPS! He didn't seem to care. This was the fewest family members in attendance for any of our children's birthday parties thus far, and I have a feeling that his will always have the fewest attendees in light of the snowy weather that often comes in December (we got 6 inches of snow yesterday). If we move far away next summer, no extended family might be able to attend any of the children's birthday parties. At some point I'll need to find a way to start inviting other kids to their parties, but thus far they haven't noticed. This is one of the (very few) downsides of home schooling.
Oliver had his second testosterone shot today, as his surgery is now only three weeks away. Our neighbor, who is a nurse, gave him the shot, and Oliver didn't cry! It's the first time he's had a shot and didn't cry. He definitely cried on Friday when he had his second dose of the flu shot. What is rather ironic is that their son (Westyn) who is a few weeks younger than Oliver also has hypospadias. This condition effects 1 in 125 boys in the United States, and in our two houses (we live across from each other) all three of our sons (they have one boy and one girl) were born with hypospadias. Their son might need as many as three surgeries to complete his repair. Oliver will need one or two surgeries. I can't wait until it's over.
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When Ian gobbled down the small handful of Fruit Loops we offered as a snack in Wee Worship and then begged for more, I asked him if he had eaten his breakfast. He looked at me like, "How did you know about that?" That's when snack time was over. Glad he had a fun birthday party. His cake was really cute!
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