Just like I did for Reed and Lena this year, I made a video of Gus answering his birthday questions. I also typed out his answers to the questions, but I really, really recommend that you watch the video. It’s so very Gus.

1. What is your favorite color? Tractors? “Like, is your favorite color green or red or yellow?” Black

2. What is your favorite toy? Cars

3. What is your favorite fruit? Food! “Like bananas or grapes or strawberries or watermelon?” Watermelon

4. What is your favorite tv show? Ummm… good sister

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Quesadilla

6. What is your favorite outfit? Underwear

7. What is your favorite game? Presents? Playin’ with my ball! And birthday and presents!

8. What is your favorite snack? Crackers

9. What is your favorite animal? Cat. Cat. Meow! Meow! Meow!

10. What is your favorite song? Old MacDonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o!

11. What is your favorite book? Elmo

12. Who is your best friend? “Is it Lena?” Yeah.

13. What is your favorite special treat? Ice cream

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Jump-aline

15. What is your favorite drink? Water… no… juice.

16. What is your favorite holiday? “Like Christmas or Halloween or Fourth of July with the fireworks?” (talks about how he was scared of the fireworks)

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? “Maybe Doggie?” Yeah

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Muffins

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Lollipop!

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Funny cake

I thought I only started the birthday questions for him a year ago, on his third birthday, until I discovered this video I recorded on his second birthday, where he scarfs down cake and answers almost every question with “no”.

Here’s the post with his third birthday questions— only typed, no video unfortunately.

It’s pretty great being 4.

Gus got a pretty laid back 4th birthday. We got some winter weather today, so we hung out at home.

We played on my bed.

He opened gifts.

I made him a jib-jab birthday card. And it was funny the first time.

But, it only seemed to get funnier and funnier to him the more he watched it.

And of course, there was cake…

 

Gus’s birthday is always a special one for me. We committed to adopt him right around his first birthday and met him just 13 days later. The other thing that’s so special about his fourth birthday is that this is the first birthday we’ve celebrated with each of our kids. Reed was almost 4 when we adopted him, so it’s fun to see how they’re all different at 4 and also see some similarities, too. Here’s a post from Lena’s fourth birthday and here’s a post from Reed’s fourth birthday.

Happy Birthday, Gus!