Mr. G is 4!

Last week we celebrated,

the birthday

of our sweet GMan.

He is a simple kid

who does not ask for much.

For his birthday I asked what he wanted

and his only request

was doughnuts.

So why not!

As a side note - 

Minnesota stinks in the junk food department.

There is not a doughnut shop in our entire city!

We had to go to the grocery store.

Good thing he doesn't care.

 (FYI - today I asked him

what he wanted Santa to bring him for Christmas.

And he told me 

Santa would figure it out.) Hehe

 For his presents he got Wedgits

(if you don't know what they are look them up,

they are fun "blocks" for any age,

we have all spent time creating with them,

yup, that fun)

he also got a sleeping bag for camping with dad,

and a remote control car.

Miss L who was so excited

to watch G open his presents

and play with his stuff. :)

Now, I know there are many of you

who do the birthday party thing.

You can plan games,

food,

and prizes

to fit in your theme

and make it this amazingly awesome affair.

I am terrified of birthday parties.

G has never had one because I am scared of what to plan.

Well this year we decided we owed him something.

There are several birthday's around his

and it only seemed fair that he got a party like everyone else.

Since I am pregnant,

and extra lazy,

we were going to do the typical summer birthday party

and pull out the slip n slide,

some kiddie pools,

and water tables (for the babies)

All I had to do was provide water.

Easy peasy.

Well,

6 days before the party

we checked the weather.

The high on August 18th?

68 degrees!!!!!

You can't have a water party

if you're going to give your guests hypothermia!

Aghhh!!

So, I took action.

The day before G had picked out his cake.

An American Flag cake.

You sure bud?

Yup!

Okie dokie.

Well, that became my platform

for all things party.

I tried to turn regular party games

into something our nation could be proud of. :)

At the same time I thought

why not incorporate some Olympics?

Within a few days I had it figured out.

Then,

the night before the party

GMan gets a mild concussion

when he fell and smacked his head on the concrete.

Double Aggghhhh!

Another new plan.

Keep low key games,

throw out all things Olympic

requiring running or jumping.

Deep breath, no big deal.

And here is what we ended up with...

 Pin the stars on the flag

 For 2-5 year olds they did pretty good.

Some did cheat though

 This is a little game

I stole from my friend Kerri,

off pinterest.

It was our "boxing"

They got to punch out a circle

and behind it was prizes that they got to take home.

The kids LOVED it.

This was our wall of targets

for "archery"

We filled up 60 water balloons

and told the kids

to try to destroy the targets.

So archery without bows or arrows

but they had a GREAT time throwing water balloons.

They did a great job destroying every target too.

 The inspiration cake.

Vanilla with a vanilla center with white frosting.

Yea, our kid doesn't branch out much.

Chocolate is very hit or miss with him.

Blowing out those candles.

While making a birthday wish.

Our MN friends

It's great that he has some kids to play with

and party with.

Happy Birthday sweet guy!