whoohooo, it’s odin’s golden birthday which i had never heard of before but plenty of people have told us it demarks when occurs when somebody turns the age of their birth day.

and, as usual, the very exciting day starts out with a him waking to an independence day parade assembling outside grandma and grandpa’s house and him and his cousins gathering more candy than they know what to with.

obviously, not such a bad way to start your fourth birthday – and it’s even more fun when everyone knows if you’re birthday because the front of your shirt says, "i’m 4 on the 4th"b 🙂

much more later – we’ll see if he actually stays awake for fireworks after such a long day!