It was Al-Man's 4th birthday on July 2nd!!!! Up until now, we have been able to play the "he doesn't really get the idea of birthdays" card. However, this year, we could no longer play it. We have officially entered the "we need a minimum of 3 parties for this to even count as a birthday" stage.
It started with the family party with Josh's parents, Auntie Kristen and Uncle Ra-Ra, which was actually about 3 weeks before his actual day because Avery's dance recital was the next week and then the next week, we were leaving for WI. But, he didn't care. In an effort to keep things a bit easier than normal, we went with a truck cake that included a truck that did not in fact need to be frosted, but just shoved into the top of the cake. In my defense, I did make the cake from scratch (and it was damn good, if I do say so myself).
And, he officially has his own big boy sleeping bag from Auntie Kristen and Uncle Ra-Ra!
We then had Al's first "kid party" the weekend after we got back from WI. At this point, I had kind of reached my hosting limit, so we decided to limit the party to about 7 kids (vs. the typical "invite the whole class" route that we normally do with Avery). Fact of the matter is, he is really only close with that many kids in his class anyway and on a more selfish note - we really haven't become as close with the parents in that class as we have with Avery's class, so there wasn't as much of an incentive to invite everyone anyway. As it turns out, it was a pretty damn good thing that we only invited 7 kids because that day? It rained. But, not all day. Just from EXACTLY 2-4, which happened to be the EXACT time of the party. Awesome. Luckily, I had told everyone to bring their bathing suits. Although, their faces when I opened the door with "Good thing you brought your suits, because the party is still outside and you can play in the rain!!!!" were a bit less enthusiastic than I had hoped. Needless to say, the party ended up being mostly indoors, which was actually fine. The kids all just played with toys, which to my kids, are old and haven't been touched in ages, but to them, they were new, so it worked. As you can see, the gift that we gave to everyone was a water gun, which would have been great for an outdoor party. However, given the weather, we didn't give it to them until the very end of the party. Little did I know that the kids would then decide that the rain wasn't half bad and would then proceed to play outside the the guns. So, the party lasted a bit longer than expected, but the kids were having a blast between the guns and the slippery slide outside. All in all, I'd say that it was a great success and the Al-Man was pleased. More on the real day to come!
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