Thomas at Four

This year, Thomas once again celebrated his birthday with a small party at Mamaw's.  For his special meal, he requested tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, and chocolate cake with "raspberry fluff icing."  He invited his friend Anna and her parents over to join in the festivities, which included making sock puppets as well as eating cake and opening presents.

Mamaw and her sock puppet!

The birthday ring

HIGHLIGHTS OF THOMAS'S FOURTH YEAR:

MILESTONES:

Joining the library!

Going to the dentist for the first time!

FAVORITE ACTIVITIES:

Collecting bottle caps and license plates

Cooking with spices

Banging and clanging (making music)

Building towers and rockets

Pawing on Mommy

FAVORITE SONGS:

Ophelia (Levon Helm)

Stop the World and Let Me Off (Patsy Cline)

She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain
Wait for the Wagon

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

FAVORITE BOOKS AND STORIES:

Pig and Crow
House in the Woods
Cinnamon, Mint, and Mothballs

Granny and the Indians

Barn Cat

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

FAVORITE FOODS:

Tomato sandwich

Yogurt with Mamaw’s strawberry preserves

Chocolate--of course!