"On our actual birthday"

(OMG - 2 posts in 2 days!  What is going on?!)

The "actual birthday"  was the way that I had described their birthday once, which is on the 7th of June, trying to differentiate it from the 5th, which was the day of their party.  We had a countdown calendar and both days were on it, and after I had referred to the 7th as the "actual birthday" the one time - that was from then on what Quentin called their birthday - their"actual birthday".  Soon enough Jack caught on too.

We spent the day doing what the boys loved the most and luckily the weather was perfect, so our first stop was to take the bikes to the park to ride in the outdoor hockey rink.

First - they love it.

Second - they can't just take off riding out of your reach, they are confined to a safe spot with no cars.  Its perfect for learners!

Just look how cute they are in their little helmets!

They are both getting really good at the bikes, we probably won't attempt to lose the training wheels until next year and they have lots more practice.  They are doing great just the way they are now!

 Then, of course we had to play and swing at the park. 

Daddy was pushing them higher and higher - they were loving it - as you can see by the ginormous smiles!

 

 

I convinced the boys to let me take some pictures of them together for their birthday and thery were a little more than reluctant and quite silly and distracted, but we did manage to get a few really good ones of the two of them on their 4th birthday!

 My ABSOLUTE favorite one of the bunch that we took and it was the 1st one that we took!  This really does capture them perfectly and against the green, green grass - I just LOVE it!

 

 

*love this one too

*another favorite

 

*love the laugh from Quent

 

 

And for their birthday dinner?  

They chose Red Robin, of course!  Where else can you get just what you like (Quent=corndog, Jack=Mac&cheese) and get ice cream along with a song from the servers (that was big fun!) and a balloon to go with it!

Pretty great 4 year old birthday dinner, we think!

An an ice cream sundae to top off the big 4 year old birthday meal!

Yum!

Jack's not a big ice cream eater, he will eat some, but is not into having a lot and did not finish his sundae.

Quent, on the other hand ate every last bite!

Yummy - his favorite part is the whipped cream on top!

Neither one of them liked the cherry though. 

Daddy and a very silly 4 year old Jackson!

Momma posing with her 4 year old Quentin!

What an amazing gift these 4 years have been for us, our boys have brought us more joy and love then we ever thought was possible.  We could not love them more!   These two very different, very special, twin brothers are the perfect dream come true for their Momma and Daddy!

Happy 4th Birthday Jackson and Quentin!