Atticus Celebrates His 4th Birthday!

So on May 9th, Atticus turned 4! He was born just a few days before Mother's Day and so sweet was the celebrating. This year we bought Atticus his first real bike. The "opening" of it plays out below:

I wish this was his reaction now -- but sadly he has decided that since he does not know how to ride it, he wants nothing to do with it. We backed off and let it decorate our back yard. He'll get there eventually (in fact, he actually does know how to pedal a bike like this -- because he has pedaled his friend Gigi's, but he has inconveniently forgotten this). Ah well.

Atticus was pretty enthusiastic about all his gifts...this one was from a friend from school who was unable to come to his party.

His bike helmet from Grandma Nancy & Grandpa Tom

Silly Lincoln...

Late Sunday afternoon of his birthday we had a small party over at McRae Park. The Millers, Nixes (from church), Bekah, and my folks (drove up from Potosi) joined us. Here is the absolutely horrible and fantastic pinata from the Mexican grocery store. Brad and Atticus picked it out themselves (-:

Dietrich

Isaac Miller

Peter Nix

Calvin Miller

Lincoln

Then with a big hoe handle

Bekah tries her hand...

That did it...

Eric Miller took the hats off the pinata and spread the festivity.
My mother.

My father.

Thanks for celebrating with Atticus!