Tryfan turns 4

Today was Tryfan's birthday and we celebrated it by opening a couple of presents in the morning after breakfast, then having a Death Star cake and more presents in the evening after dinner. Here is the Birthday Boy with his chocolate Death Star cake which was made by Grandma Debi. It is so wonderful that my Mom could be here for his birthday, and since she was with us on the day he was born it was just extra special.
Rhiannon staged this picture and went a little crazy on the number of candles on the cake. Somehow Tryfan managed to blow them all out without anyone getting hurt.
Grandma Debi brought him a LEGO Star Wars X-Wing fighter, which is what he has been wishing for these past few months. We told him that it was only for children ages 8-14 (since that is what it says on the box), so he had mostly given up on the hope of getting one for his birthday. He was soooo excited. Here he is trying to put it together with the help of Daddy.
And so, at 4 years old, Tryfan is showing himself to be:
- a sensitive little guy
- very considerate of others (e.g. refilling another person's glass of water when it is empty)
- someone who needs a good dose of alone time each day in order to get immersed in something imaginative (usually involving LEGO)
- someone who trots rather than walks everywhere
- a very good hugger and snuggler
- very high energy, requiring lots of space to run and do crazy "moves"
He loves salted nuts, peanut butter or cream cheese on crackers, cucumber, broccoli,pizza sweets/ candy of all varieties and most other stuff too...he isn't a very picky eater.
He sleeps with "Kitty" and "Blanks" (his baby blanket) every night and sometimes carries them around on wobbly days too.
He adores Rhiannon and all of her friends, constantly trying to tell them about things he is excited about (usually involving Star Wars scenes).
He also loves animals, especially Bentley.
His favorite thing lately is to have pizza and a movie on a Friday night.
We love our precious Tryfan :-)