Liam turns 4!

Liam recently had his 4th birthday party.  I know every parent says this, but where does the time go?  There is a lot of truth to the saying, "The days are long, but the years are short."  For the second year in a row, Liam wanted a Cars themed birthday party.  Until two days before the party when he wanted a Toy Story party.  Sorry bud, mom had already purchased the Cars goods. 

 

Anyway, this year we let Liam invite 5 friends from school and several additional family friends.  We decided to go low key and rent a bounce house, make Ballpark franks, popcorn, and cupcakes.  Super healthy right?!  Oh well, kids parties are supposed to be filled with the good stuff.  Our good friends, Jenn and Craig, came over the night before to spend some time and they helped us blow up balloons, fill the pinata, and do some last minute shopping. 

 

The day of the party we had a great time and it was so much fun to see Liam really enjoy himself.  In years past he hasn't quite understood the whole birthday party thing.  But this year he had a blast decorating, playing with friends, and just enjoying the day.  We are so blessed to have this little man in our lives.

 



About to blow out the candle on his birthday cupcake. He also decided the day of the party he wanted to have cake and not cupcakes.  Sorry again bud.

I love this shot because it is like a little kid dinner party.

Liam got the biggest kick out of the Cars decorations, which stayed around our house for a full week.  That may have had more to do with our laziness than anything else!

For some reason the kids decided that they wanted Liam to open his gifts in the entry way.  Strange.  It was definitely an "all hands on deck" effort with kids handing Liam gifts and paper flying everywhere.

Liam thought his bounce house was so cool.

The family that jumps together stays together.

Mommy and Jenn acting like school girls while Ansley looks on.

It occurs to me that we didn't get many shots of the kids bouncing.  But we have lots of the adults!

So after the party ended we realized that we didn't break out the pinata.  Fail.  But that didn't mean we couldn't have a little fun ourselves.

Ansley is freakishly strong.

The simple joys of balloons. 

Liam was blessed to get a bunch of super cool gifts.  But the big time gift was the bike and helmet from Grandma Becky and Grandpa Ron.  His first big boy bike!