Let's Party

We held many parties this past week to celebrate our big boy turning 4 years old! We started things off with a party in Houston during the Thanksgiving holiday with my family. Oliver was thrilled with the Madagascar theme that his Meme picked out for him... complete with plates, decorations, tatoos (which just came off yesterday!), and the Madagascar 2 DVD which was watched many times while we were there. We were so thankful to have all of my immediate family there with us! He got to celebrate with all of his aunts and uncles and was showered with many more sweet gifts. We took a trip to the Houston Zoo as part of the festivities as well. Fun times!


The day of Oliver's actual birthday, we got up with him, made him cinnamon toast with 4 candles in it, and proceeded to open up his present - a new board game that Daddy found that he LOVES called Gulo Gulo!


While we were sitting in front of the fire enjoying our time, I thought, hmmm the rain must have stopped because I don't hear it anymore. So I looked outside and it took me a while to realize what I was seeing... SNOW! It was a wonderful surprise and made the morning so much more magical and memorable!

I'm Four!

That night, Oliver got to pick the agenda. And there was no surprise to what he picked. We first went to his favorite restaurant, The Purple Cow, for dinner where he predictably ordered mac and cheese and chocolate milk. The waiters sang to him and brought him ice cream which he thought was pretty neat :)

After that we headed to his favorite indoor bounce house place - Boomerangs! They both ran and played and had a great time. Oliver's perfect evening.



A few days later, we held a birthday party at our house to celebrate with family and friends. He picked the theme "Super Why," which is a kids show about learning to read that he enjoys watching on PBS. It was kind of funny that he picked this as his theme. He likes the show and has seen it many times, but it is by no means his favorite show or do we ever really talk about it that often. So to me it was a little out of the blue when he announced that was the kind of party he wanted to have. Who knows how a 4 year old's mind works - but we indulged him and went with it!

It was a little bit of a challenge for mommy though because the show is not quite main-stream popular. So there are no plates, cups, decorations, etc. to fit the Super Why theme. But I got creative and made a few little decorations, did blue and green balloons and table goods to match Super Why's colors, found some little toys to put on the cake, and scored big when I bought him a Super Why outfit to dress up in. He LOVED that thing. He wore it all day long that day, most of the day the next day, and has usually put it on once a day since. I LOVE it when one of my ideas really hits the spot with my kiddos!

For those of you not educated in children's television, the characters are Super Why, Wonder Red, Alpha Pig and Princess Presto.

Here is my little Super Why with glasses, cape and wand-thingy

Princess Presto

And Oliver convinced Papa to wear a pig snout and join the crew as Alpha Pig!


We painted pictures of the characters with dot painters at our Super Why themed table

Nana and Bodie

He got 3 of the candles on the first try

And of course little sister must do everything brother does. So here is Gabby's turn as Super Why.

It was a fun day and we loved celebrating our sweet boy! The best part of all was seeing that happy smiling face all day long and knowing that he could feel the love!