Monday, January 23, 2012

Celebrating four

In our house, apparently, birthdays last for a long time.  Last weekend we celebrated Logan's birthday with a party at the University of Iowa Hall of Fame.  The kids had a blast. They got to shoot some hoops, run around, eat cake, drink a punch that stains your upper lip pink and go home sugared-up, covered in frosting with a bag of goodies. Sounds like a win to me.

PARTY!










And this is what I get when I ask my son to smile... 




Waiting for his friends to arrive, 


and so very excited.







Taking the elevator to shoot some hoops!






If you think this ball hit Eliza on her head, you would be correct.












Snuggles for Grandpa.













Cleaning up for cake!




















Presents!










Everly was quite the party animal.



Time for dancing!


Logan loved this remote control car he got, and carried it everywhere.





That's it. My boy is 4. Onto a new year! 



Friday, January 13, 2012

Four Birthday

Tomorrow, Logan will celebrate his first birthday party with "school friends".  He is stoked, and so are we (I am about a million times more stoked that I decided against hosting 15 preschoolers at my house - brief moment of insanity thinking that).  Since Monday was his actual birthday, we celebrated him.  He picked out his outfit for school.

We made cake pops for his classmates and teachers. 



And I tried REALLY hard to get some giggle that fake smile off my child's face. 



He is four. He's like a boy now. A kid boy. Not a baby boy, or a toddler boy. 


He got a present in the mail from "auntie" Stacey, Ben, and Jack. 
They always have a knack for gifts arriving on the very right day. 


Sounding out the words on the card. 


Fake smile alert. 




This is him saying "Mommy are you done yet with the camera?". Not a chance, kid. 




This was his "what the cat?!" face.



He loves it. In fact, he kissed it. 



We put the babies to bed, and shared some Mommy-Daddy-Logan time with our guy. 









Then we ate some cake.


And Logan found his present. 


And he loved it so much. 



Happy Birthday Logan. We love you!