Moosey Turns Four

Malcolm celebrated his fourth birthday party with some of his closest friends, family and, at his insistence, Boswick the Clown. He saw Boswick perform for the first time at his preschool and has been talking about wanting to have him at his birthday party ever since. Needless to say, Boswick did not disappoint. Malcolm seemed to know exactly what was coming next during the act and even jumped up to cut right in on some of the shenanigans. And Boswick's humor is certainly on par with a four year old boy - there has been non-stop talk about diaper heads ever since. Malcolm at four years old is such a sweet and cuddly little guy. He loves to give and get hugs and kisses and unprompted says, "I love you mamma" and "I love Maxie the cat" several times a day. He has LOTS of energy and can be frequently found running circles around our kitchen/dining room, shaking his head around, dancing and yelling, completely unaware of the world around him. He puts his full force in to anything he does -- which can often result in the destruction of property that he is playing with or that is in close proximity to him. We call him Mr. Destructo. I used to think he was that destructive on purpose but it is now clear to me, given the level of sadness he feels when his actions result in the destruction of toys, that he is just simply unaware of how to be gentle with things. But he is learning. He loves to play board games, especially BusyTown and Kids on Stage (charades). But his favorite thing to play is "Wild Kratts" with his big brother. He also loves to sit and draw pictures of the Wild Kratts. He still loves to dress in costume, though sadly the days of him dressing in costume daily wore off about 4 months ago. He does have strict requirements for his outfits, however. He only has about four shirts in his entire wardrobe that he will wear (three of them are short sleeved) and his has very specific pants/shorts that each of them go with. He loves to listen to music, mostly pop music. His favorite song right now is Goyte, Somebody that I used to know. He remains a very picky eater and mostly survives off of buttered noodles and broccoli. His favorite buddies from school are Brandon (Bwandon) and Kurt. His best friend of all is Wyatt. When he wakes up and comes downstairs in the morning he goes running right past me looking for Wyatt. We just love our little Moosey Moo and can't believe he is already four years old. Happy Birthday!