Birthday Number 4!!

I can hardly believe baby George is now four years old!  What fun we've had these past four years seeing him grow, learn new things and become the little boy, or rather, the big boy we see before us.  I took some time to write down all that he has accomplished this year.  (I think I should do the same thing for myself)  He is one amazing (in our eyes, yet really just like every other kid we know) little guy. 
I wanted to celebrate his birthday this year with a more traditional birthday party, at home, with a few friends, some games and a homemade cake.  Sounds simple, right?  Well, in theory that was a simple plan, but the details were more time consuming and took a lot of work.  I was pleased with the result and I think all the kids had a great time.
George loves superheroes more than anything right now. He loves to dress up as them and wear the costumes night and day.  A superhero birthday party was just what he wanted.  We invited his friends to dress up

and come "save the day" at his party.  We played superhero bingo, sprayed the bad guys with silly string (eventhough half the kids didn't have the finger strength to spray the string),

 played pass the kryptonite  and musical superheroes.

 We even had an obstacle course with jumping, rolling, running and beating up the bad guy(an inflatable punching bag). 

The cake displayed four superheroes, Spiderman, Iron Man, Green Lantern and Batman.  Those are his favorites and he has a costume of each.  I decided to make the cake myself.  It seems so simple.  I researched, watched video tutorials and thought I was ready.  Well, the cakes stuck to the pan and the icing was a little runny.  It took me forever to ice and decorate it, but I tell you, it tasted great!

It is so fun to celebrate our precious and adorable little one's birthday.  We are thrilled to have him in our family and really he makes our family what it is.