Big Like Brother

We have a tradition in our house that the birthday person gets to spend an entire day, one-on-one with Grandma.  The kids have coined this their "special day" - and they plan it with great care, sometimes as much as a year in advance.  I frequently get asked questions like, "Can I do ____ on my special day?" in August by the person with a birthday in March.

Grandma typically starts this coveted tradition with each child when he or she is about 5.  But it was decided, with Younger Brother to accompany him as a liaison, Bubby (who will be turning 4 this weekend) was now old enough to go on his first special day!

When Younger Brother told him in the morning what day it was, he sprang out of bed, got dressed in his favorite train t-shirt (with help from Brother), packed his Thomas backpack (with help from Big Sis), and parked himself in front of the schoolroom window to watch for Grandma.  It was so sweet how attentively he stood staring down the street waiting for her car to come around the corner.

He was feeling like quite the big kid.

I got a double thumbs up.

Also watching attentively was Baby Sis, who has no idea what a "special day" is just yet.
But she's not one to be left out of anything.  So she too put on her backpack and gave me a double thumbs up. 

 Thankfully, Baby Sis was as unaware of what she was missing as she is which digits are thumbs.
:)

When I arrived to pick up Bubs at the end of the day, he was totally engrossed in railroad fun.
  Grandma surprised him with the train he's been spying in every Lego catalog for a while now.
Brother provided his expertise in assembly and constructed several other fun features like a train station.  And then they filled the cars up with candy.  So basically, Bubs could pound peanut butter M&M's all day without ever leaving his post.  How glorious!

I'm pretty sure we just added another kid to the year-in-advance planning of the "special day"!

Two thumbs up!
Or fingers.  Whichever works for you.