AJ Turns 4

It has become customary in the Mazotti household to celebrate a birthday for several days and AJ's 4th birthday was no exception. His actual birthday was August 28th and unfortunately his dad was scheduled to be at the fire house that night. So after his favorite dinner (Velveeta Shells & Cheese or as AJ calls it "Seashell Rackaroni") we brought the party to the station complete with cake, ice cream and presents!

Because of school starting and Labor Day weekend, we postponed AJ's birthday party a few weeks and kept the tradition of multiple birthday celebrations alive with a fun-filled day at Peter Piper Pizza with 12 of AJ's bestest friends. After an hour of playing games and gathering tickets, AJ got to make his very own birthday pizza which had nothing but sauce, pepperoni and 3 tiny pieces of shredded cheese. As I would suggest other toppings he just kept insisting that all he wanted was "pepperoni!" and he "didn't like cheese!" When it's your 4th birthday you can do what you want...so I gave in and then when he walked away I dumped the rest of the cheese on top. I win!

Next came the cake...and boy was it time consuming! Not because I baked it or anything...but because he agonized over a "Planes" and "Cars" cake for what seemed like an eternity. After a very exhausting deliberation where I almost just left him in the shopping cart and walked away, he finally based his decision on the amount of plastic toys that came on top. Cars won. Long gone are the days where you get to pick what color frosting you want and the candy lettering in the baking isle...thanks to Pinterest you have to spend some money to get a smile like this!

AJ got very thoughtful gifts from all his friends and even sent him home with this signed t-shirt so he would always remember who was there. It was a great success. Happy Birthday AJ!

At 4 years old you love:
Bugs, Slugs, Spiders and Butterflies
Any container you can keep a bug in
Cars and Planes
Your iPod Touch (especially the Despicable Me game)
Your favorite movies are The Nightmare Before Christmas, Monsters vs. Aliens, Annie
You only like to check out books about monsters, dinosaurs and scary things
You sit in a booster seat now but still cannot buckle yourself in
You can get dressed but can't put on your shoes (unless they are your flip flops or rain boots which you love!)
Your best friend at school is Duncan
You also love Ryan, Caden, Amelia and Aiden
You eat a portable apple sauce and Go-Gurt every single morning
You are funny, have great funny faces, love your mama and have a great tan.
You are so much more than everything above but I can't list it all. You are an amazing little guy!