Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Jack's 4th Birthday -- A Construction Party

A theme had been settled on for Jack's 4th birthday a long time ago ... he has had an interest and love of construction vehicles for a while now and we knew that it would be fun to base a party around that. To kick off the couple of weeks leading up to the big celebration, we made a birthday countdown for refrigerator.

I printed off some construction vehicles online and then cut them out for Jack.  It was then his job to use a glue stick each night and glue one of them (whichever one he wanted!) onto the paper.



He chose a crane for the first one ...



He loved this so much and now the countdown is hanging in his bedroom so that he can admire the vehicles anytime he wants.




All set up and ready to go ...





The birthday boy, excited for the guests to arrive:



For weeks, he talked about the construction cake that he wanted me to make for him.  I worked on it the morning of his party while he was outside playing.  When he came inside and saw the finished product, he just beamed from ear to ear ... especially when I told him that he would get to have all of the mini construction vehicles afterwards to add to his collection.



This was the easiest cake ever for me to make -- spread some frosting, pulverize from oreos, graham crackers and chocolate chip cookies, throw in a few chocolate-covered raisins and ... done!



I couldn't resist this shirt for him, as I know that he will be wearing it quite often!



A remote-controlled truck from Grandpa!



Happy to blow out those FOUR candles!



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