Four years old. That sounds so old! Definitely not babies. Not toddlers. Four year olds. Wow.
(And, can you believe this was us 4 years ago today? Man, I looked awful, but the boys were cute, even with IVs stuck in various parts of their bodies. And the other two moms are now good friends.)
Saturday was their party. It was robot-themed, so Kristina (who flew in to help) and I made a robot cake and robot cake pops. Much easier than last year’s masses of cupcakes and Sesame Street-themed cake pops.
If kids weren’t crowded around the cake table, trying to swipe a cake pop, they were gathered around the cardboard rocket ship to color on it. This was a huge hit. Woo!
(or inside it)
Each boy got his own Happy Birthday song, but we had to pretend to blow out candles. It was very windy.
So the party was a success. I wish it had been a tiny bit cooler, and I wish I’d gotten more pictures of kids with the robots at the “photo station” but the wind was a problem.
The next day (Sunday) was their actual birthday, so more celebrating was in order! We started with a breakfast at IHOP, which went fine until they came out with ice cream sundaes while singing. It was a bit loud, and Linus ended up in tears. Ha!
After lunch, we headed to the park so the boys could ride the scooters that Grandee and Larry gave them.
And we even got a rare family picture out of it! Okay, well, at least George and I are smiling.
Later, we put together the Hot Wheels Wall Tracks that we gave them, and there was much cursing.
And finally, before bedtime, I wanted to actually let them blow out a candle, so Kristina and I put up a few balloons and sang three more times.
Miles:
Linus:
Oliver:
Happy birthday to my sweet boys!
pyjammy dot blog 
A.E.
Happy Birthday!
P.S. Love the cake pops! Mine have always failed. 🙂
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Stephanie
OMG the looks on their faces while you sang to them is just PRICELESS! Very cute birthday party idea too.
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Jamie
Love the song pics! Great party too.
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Julie
Scooters! William wants a scooter and I told him that he can’t get a scooter until he turns four. So funny to see that they each got one for their birthday.
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Valeria
what a cake!! wow! and the video! so cool! happy birthday again to the boys!!
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Lisa
What a great party theme! I love that the boys shirts even went with the theme. You did a wonderful job on the cake and cake pops.
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Barb
Love the color-the-rocketship idea!
Looks like it was an amazing party! Now I’m craving a cakepop.. 🙂
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Gretchen
A very Happy Birthday to your boys! Ours just turned 4 in September. It’s such a fun age, exhausting sometimes, but fun.
I was wondering how the Hot Wheels wall track would be. How hard was it to get it attached to the wall? How easily can you remove it? It sounds like something they invented to cause parents issues. If it’s too sticky, then you’re ruining people’s wall, if it’s not sticky enough then it’s no fun for the kids……
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pyjammy
The boys love the Wall Tracks, but I’m not 100% sold on them. I’m going to have to buy stock in 3M for all the Command Strips I’m having to buy because the brackets keep coming off the wall. Ugh. Not sure if it’s our walls or what. But that’s annoying. But the boys are having fun, so I guess that’s the main thing…
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Carrie
You did such a great job with that party! Very impressive! Love all the Robots.
Happy Birthday to your beautiful, and very big 4 year old boys!
Carrie
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Tena
I love the robot party! My son (James, turning 4 in a couple of weeks) also wants a robot party. You have given me some great ideas, though I don’t think I will do the cake pops. Awesome!
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