Sunday, November 06, 2011

The Birthday Party

Dear Kate and Riley,

This year Zach was very excited to have a birthday party. Every time we went to a birthday party this year he would tell me all about what he did and did not want for his 4th birthday. Since we didn't really do a party for his 2nd or 3rd birthdays, I figured it was time to go for it. The problem we had was that he wanted to invite every person he'd ever met. I tried to get him to narrow it down to 5 friends so we could do something little and fun but he was not having it. So I decided, what the heck, invite anyone you want and we'll keep it simple with pizza at the park.

I just had to laugh when every single one of the 20+ kids he invited RSVP'd that they could come. And then add the forecast for that week-- temps into the 100's. And the day of his party would be the hottest of all, in fact, I think maybe the hottest of the entire year. We changed locations to a park with a little more shade and while the moms roasted, the kids didn't care.

Zach wanted a "race car party" which somehow evolved into a "ferrari" party but the good news is I could tell him any car was a Ferrari and he bought it. We had all the kids bring their bikes and scooters so they could "race". Then we got a little trophy for each kid. It was a hit, throw in a few pizzas and everyone was happy.







notice all the red, flushed faces! It was sooo hot!

best buds



thank goodness Ralphs had a race car cake, he was thrilled (it tasted gross but no one cared)











Brady, trying to get some action and Annie resisting. I really hope this is on their wedding video some day ;)



the little trophies


So the best part of the party was that Zach learned how to ride a 2 wheeler bike with no training wheels AT his party. How cool is that? He had been really close but hadn't quite got it before but one of his friends had this little bike there and he asked me to help him ride it and about 2 min. later he was cruising all over the place. I, of course, ran behind him like a freak taking pictures and videos with my phone since Aaron was missing it. It was pretty cool that he learned at his party.

It was a fun 4th birthday!

Love,
mom

1 comment:

Stacy said...

Sounds like a fun party; and that is awesome that he learned how to ride his bike. You need to tell Aaron what a great mom you are that you taught Zach how to ride a bike.