Caleb's 4!

Can't believe my first born is 4 all ready. Where does the time go? Caleb turned 4 on the 7th and we had his birthday party yesterday at the park with some great friends. Last year he had a Lighting McQueen birthday cake and this year he wanted a Buzz Lightyear cake so we ended up doing a whole space ranger Buzz Lightyear party and had a blast! I made the kids Buzz belts out of green craft foam and they all got space ranger name tags as well. After they were issued their belts we had a little space ranger training camp. There were 3 tasks the kids had to complete to earn their buzz badges, 1st they had to run through and obstacle course (the playground), 2nd they broke up into teams to save all the hidden toys around the playground, and 3rd a water balloon toss (which didn't work out so well but they had fun any ways). After they completed their training they were issued a squirt gun and had to go squirt down the evil Emperor Zurg who had stolen all their goodie bags. After all the fun and games were over we sat down to a yummy lunch, grilled hotdogs for the kids and pulled pork slaw sandwiches for the adults with potato salad and watermelon (yum) and then I had to salvage Caleb's poor birthday cake (with the help of my friend Carol) which was dropped on the ground thanks to a little rascal named Sawyer, but everything turn out fine in the end and the cake still tasted yummy. After cake Caleb got to open up all his present. It was a super hot and humid day but thankfully nice shade trees were available and everyone had a great time. Thanks everyone for coming out and making Caleb's 4th birthday party a great one, I know he felt really special and loved and that's what it's all about.

(here's just a few pics, I didn't get a ton since I was running around with the kids the whole time and Ryan was grilling up the food, oops)

(See how hot and sweaty Caleb is already this was at 10am before the party started, gotta love the south)

(The finished cake)

(the dropped cake)

(the salvaged cake)

(Caleb was so silly every time we'd sing happy birthday he'd hide his face)

(Sawyer the little candy thief :o) he ate his whole bag of candy and wanted more)

(Don't you just LOVE this little kids apron? I do! My friend Heather made this, she asked what Caleb wanted and he loves to cook with me and I've been trying to find a cute one for him, so she made this. She has a little store over at etsy where she makes tutu skirts and twirl skirts so go check her out, Goodie Tutus. And if you let her know you LOVE her kids aprons I'm sure she'd start making them also to sell.)