Elias turned four today! Four years old seems like the pivot from little kid to big kid. 
Cinnamon rolls for breakfast (again!).
His two requests for his birthday were a tiller rig (type of fire truck) and a panda. Turns out tiller rigs are a very expensive toy, so we settled for a fire truck with a bucket and Fireman Sam figurines. I did however find the softest, most cuddly panda bear. He named it Pandy, which I convinced him was short for Pontypandy. Pontypandy is the town Fireman Sam lives in.
Pandy wanted a sling ride, took many naps, had shoulder rides, is bottle fed, and had a stroller ride today.
After nap we planned to have a social distancing Birthday Parade! We invited friends and family to drive by honking and hollering to the birthday boy. We chalked the walk last night for the event.
Then it did this in the middle of April.
So we put signs up in the windows and bundled up!
It was so much fun! And very wet.
Around 20 cars of friends and family drive by waving and honking. Lots of them made signs too.
Fire Inspector Ken (and Lucy!) drove by and handed off a really cool hat! It says “fire/arson investigator”. He LOVES it.
Elias got lots of cards and gifts from people who wish they could’ve come inside to celebrate!
We were exhausted after 45 minutes of cold wet snow falling in sheets on us, so we headed inside to warm up, watch some tv, and of course cuddle Pandy some more.
Elias requested spaghetti for dinner, and grandma Susan dropped off a really nice mower cake. Augustine built the mower out of Legos, and grandpa Mike built the house.
We hung up all the cards and signs.
Fireman Sam and his crew came over for cake. Less than 10, don’t worry.
We Zoomed the grandparents in for cake, singing, and gifts.
Beth sent a very funny video for Elias keeping up a running joke they have going. The Vrana‘s sent a really cool video two of their own parade for Elias since they couldn’t make the real parade.
Two big brothers who shall remain nameless kept sneaking cake, so the cake is now quarantined.
Fire Inspector Ken (and Lucy!) drove by and handed off a really cool hat! It says “fire/arson investigator”. He LOVES it.
Elias got lots of cards and gifts from people who wish they could’ve come inside to celebrate!
We were exhausted after 45 minutes of cold wet snow falling in sheets on us, so we headed inside to warm up, watch some tv, and of course cuddle Pandy some more.
Elias requested spaghetti for dinner, and grandma Susan dropped off a really nice mower cake. Augustine built the mower out of Legos, and grandpa Mike built the house.
We hung up all the cards and signs.
Fireman Sam and his crew came over for cake. Less than 10, don’t worry.
We Zoomed the grandparents in for cake, singing, and gifts.
Beth sent a very funny video for Elias keeping up a running joke they have going. The Vrana‘s sent a really cool video two of their own parade for Elias since they couldn’t make the real parade.
Two big brothers who shall remain nameless kept sneaking cake, so the cake is now quarantined.
Happy birthday, Elias! We love you!
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