My big boy turned 4 this past Saturday! And per his very specific request we had a party here at the house with all his friends and it was airplane themed! I think we all had a ball! It was a beautiful day, a high of 75!!! Lots and lots of friends came!!! Jonathan said he loved it and I can't ask for more than that!!!
The week before the party he told me, "I just want the whole world to come to my party, cause I love everybody and I want everybody to come party with me!" It was then when I started stressing about attendance! He had high hopes for lots of people! So I just want to THANK YOU so much to all the friends who came and made the day special for Jonathan!! It meant so much to him (and me!!)!!! We had 12 of his sweet friends - he has such a great group of friends! I am so thankful!
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| We opened presents first thing from Michael and me! He is showing off his new Dallas Cowboy's Hat!! |
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| He got a new "Cars 2" set. Mater and a British Double Decker Bus. |
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WOODY!!! To go with the Buzz that he already has! He loved him!
Other special gifts were a fishing pole and tackle box. More on that later. |
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| Special Birthday Brunch! His request: French Toast!!! We have to wrap him in a towel when he eats syrup! :) |
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| Everyone loved the invitation, so I had to include it! I had fun putting it together! (I blurred out the personal stuff). I just printed it on card stock and used my paper cutter and Jonathan helped me stuff them in envelopes and address and stamp them! |
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| He really wanted to help us get ready for the party! Michael and I were flying around the house getting things prepared and poor guy was following us around trying to help!! So finally, I found the perfect job for him! He inserted the toothpicks in the bottom of the planes that went on top of his cupcakes! He did such a good job!!!! |
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| Leading up to the party, he was insistent on one thing: an airplane cake! I am not the kind of person who makes 'shaped cakes', so I was dreading this honestly! I kept trying to talk him into just the cupcakes with the planes on top! Ugh. It was definitely a labor of love. I was up way too late the night before finishing it. There is like 14 lbs of icing on there. It does not look good if you ask me, but he loved it and that is all that matters! |
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| I found this idea on Pinterest. Instead of having a buffet table of random foods, I did 2 mixed cups. A sweet and a savory. This is the Sweet cup, it has: M&M's, Mini Oreo's, Teddy Grams, Animal Crackers, 1 Chocolate Chip Cookie and 1 Wafer Stick. I think that it was a big hit with the kids! |
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| This is the Savory Cup: Pretzel Sticks, Popcorn, Oyster Crackers and Multi colored Space themed Gold Fish! |
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| I love this picture! Taryn, Jonathan and Brady! Such sweet kids!!! |
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| Jonathan and Grayson! Grayson is my friend Angela's son! They are such good buds! |
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Ben is hanging out on his tracker! I think he had a blast! But it did make him miss his afternoon nap, which he wasn't very happy about, but it's okay!
All the kids on the swing set!!
Bubbles!
I bought about 150 foam planes large and small. I showed the kids how to fly (throw) them! I think they had a blast! Jonathan said it was his most favorite part of the party!!
Jonathan, Taryn, Sabrina, Owen, Grayson, Chloe, Brady and I think that is August!
Sabrina, Grayson, Brady and August!
Look at Grayson go!! He was really good at throwing the planes!!
Angela with her youngest Conner and our busy boy Ben!
Airplane Carnage!
I was showing the kids how to throw the paratrooper!
I handed my camera off to Kirsi and she took the next few photos - thank you so much!!! I love this one of JJ!
Kirsi's daughter, Taryn with the paratrooper!
Piper was one of the best, if not THE best airplane thrower! She started throwing them straight up and they went far! Piper is one of Jonathan's really good friends from school and church!
Lily and Taryn on the seesaw!
Michael needed some helpers to refill the bubble machine...or at least, they thought he did! :) And Ben found himself a balloon!
Back in business with the bubbles! Brady and August!
Sabrina, Piper, I think that is Brady, Taryn and August all stand with JJ to help him blow out the candles!! One of them said, "You've got a really long name!"
Lily, another one of Jonathan's special friends!
Chloe, who declared her love and willingness to marry Jonathan earlier in the year!
Halley, Brady W's little sister and cute as a button!
Present opening time!!!! All the kids are on hand to help Jonathan open them! Thank you for all the cool gifts!!! They are really neat! I think this is the Cars Tokyo Spin out! He loves it!
I just love the look on his face in this one.
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I love this photo too...all of their faces are different.
After everyone left, Michael and I gave Jonathan his last big gift...a Dune Racer!!!! It is so cool and he loves it so much (what kid wouldn't?)!!!! Michael and I both wanted one as kids, too bad we are too big for it now! :) It is also for Ben to play with too when he is ready!!! We decided to wait until after the party to give it to him since it would be chaotic if we gave it to him during! So all the kids are welcome to come back and take a spin! :)
Jonathan drove around the yard for another hour! A very good birthday indeed! He is still recouping (we all are actually). It was totally worth it!! I still can't believe he is 4!!!
