Charlie's 4th Birthday!

{I'm 4!!!!}

{sunshine, where are you??}

{we squeezed a small table in the playroom to serve as a buffet, it was tight but worked}

{post on caramel apples coming soon too!}

{cupcake toppers and gift tags downloaded FREE from here}

{Party favors were superhero Golden Books. }

On Tuesday, the 16th, Charlie turned 4!!!

We had a happy little family celebration at home {for which I will post pics of later} 

and yesterday we celebrated with a costume party for Charlie and 9 friends.

All week long it was predicted that we would have sunny skies, and then Saturday

rolled in bringing nothing but rain.   Costumes were adjusted with rain boots, while tables and food were moved indoors.  Since we have a relatively small house, the idea  of 10 little children 

+ parents running wild with abandon made me a little antsy. 

We compromised by playing our games outside in the garage {not very cute or picturesque}

it wasn't perfect {nor blog worthy! ;)} but the kids had fun.  

Then we set up a long table in the playroom for cupcakes + snacks.

While I think age 4 is the perfect age to introduce party games, the real fun comes when

all the pomp and circumstance is over and they can just relax, be wild, run and play.

They managed to do this in the garage, princesses yielding Nerf guns and the boys acting like Hulk.

Everyone left with all limbs intact and surprisingly no tears despite rather wild antics at times.

Charlie felt special and loved and I got to be a little crafty, just enough.

The top picture in this post is my favorite of all the ones I snapped.  

My gorgeous 4 year old, smiling and sweet.

ps. A BIG thank you to my Mum for heading up the vacuum and hand/face wiping patrol 

and to my Dad for being the back up camera crew!  :)