The Gossman Family: Happy Birthday Garrett!

I can't believe Garrett is already 4! Garrett has been waiting for his birthday to come since September, starting with my birthday. I explained to him the order of birthdays and knew he would have a hard time understanding that Gannon's birthday would come first. By November he knew his birthday was in February and it was on the 28th so every time someone had a birthday I had to ask him when his was. He always remember. Boy was he excited when it was finally February.

We didn't do parties this year, but we did take treats and a goody bag to all his friends at school. His teachers are always great to make the kids hats on their birthday and boy did he wear it proud! As soon as I picked him up from school he telling me all about his birthday and how he was going to be 5 soon. Oh, man lets get through this year first buddy. He wore his hat all the way to the dentist on his birthday! I know such a mean Mom, but hey I like clean straight teeth!

The night of his birthday Grandma and Papa joined us for pizza, cake, and ice cream. I didn't order a cake for his birthday, so when we went to pick one out the night before at Baskin Robbins we looked through their pre-made selection and tried to find one that was a flavor we would like and a color that worked - see below for our choice. Garrett was in heaven - pink and purple cake!

This leads me to Garrett's favorites - purple and pink are still his favorite colors, he is still our TV junkie and could watch TV 24/7 if we would let him. His favorite shows/movies remain, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Cars, Handy Manny, and Diego. In defense to his TV time - he really does learn things from these shows. He comes up with some pretty crazy things. He also has watched the same ones over and over to the point of learning the lines. We often will hear him in his room setting up the scenes and reciting the lines. This reminds me SO much of Taylor (my sister) when she was little!

Garrett also things that are my greatest childhood memories, weekend breakfast and games! My Mom always made us pancakes or waffles on the weekends for breakfast and Garrett loves both. Another fond childhood memory is playing games as a family at night. Garrett waits for Gannon to go to bed and as soon as his door closes he wants to play a game. His favorites are the match game (with all 60+ cards), Mickey Mouse Yahtzee, Candy Land, and Go Fish.

And, oh my gosh he still loves sweats!

We love you Garrett!