Block party

Will is 4!! And loving every minute of it, I might add. For his birthday party he wanted to feature his new obsession - Legos! Who knew when we introduced him to them at Christmas that it would turn into such a staple at our house?? So...the problem with him being 4 is that he had some very specific instructions on how this whole thing was going to go down. Since his birthday was on a Sunday, he insisted that we HAD to take cupcakes to his Sunday school class. So here was birthday celebration part one with the fabulous cupcakes. Lego decorated, of course. :)

Lego theme obviously had to have some great Lego food! In addition to the cake we made sure everything stayed in the lego shapes with cheese cubes, mini lego shaped crackers, lego fruit, and some rectangle cut veggies.

A closer look at the cake. So fun to design and attempt! :)

A closer look at my personal fav, the Lego fruit. So fun!

Another request from the birthday boy? Pizza! One of his favorite things to do right now is cook, and he loves to make his own pizza and thought his friends would want to as well. So it was pizza making for everyone -- Lego shaped crust, of course!

Party hats were also an absolute requirement, which is pretty hilarious considering that Will is the kid at every party that refuses to wear one himself. And he had specific rules as to when it was appropriate to wear them too -- which was clearly at the cake cutting, birthday song singing moment.

The birthday request that took me completely off guard? A close second to party hats, party games! What? Mr. Let's never make a big deal or commotion out of anything?? But hey, we aim to please on birthdays around here, so games it was! The crowd pleaser was definitely "I spy the Lego guy" and every party guest got to find a Lego guy and turn him in for a prize.

Someday we will get a birthday picture and Will will be dressed. Early May birthday = beginning of pool friendly weather = little guy rarely in a shirt on the weekends. Oh well...we'll keep him anyway. A quick shot with Mom and Dad in the middle of a great day...

Will and Elyse...they really love each other so much and are so fun to watch grow up together. Every year for Will's birthday we have hot dog dinner with the Simmons clan and even though we had celebrated all day we couldn't skip the tradition. I can't wait to see the adventures they share and pray they love each other even half this much for all their birthdays to come...

He's 4! Love you big guy. I can't wait to see who you become in the next year.

Strawberries!

I love to go strawberry picking! I remember going as a kid and have loved starting the tradition in our house. I was afraid we weren't going to make it this year because it seemed like it was either hectic or raining every weekend. But yay! We made it and Will had a blast. Of course he said, "Mommy, this is like farming!" which pretty much made it the best way to spend a Saturday morning ever. :) Thanks to Miss Carol:), Bellamy was appropriately dressed for the day in her adorable strawberry outfit. She even kept the hat on all morning -- which made for some great strawberry patch pics. Our sweet girl...

Hanging out at the strawberry farm...

Watching Grandma and Will pick berries

Having Grandma in town was an added bonus to our strawberry excursion - she and Will picked a ton of strawberries! Thanks to them we've had strawberry jam, strawberry muffins, and plenty of just plain old strawberries for the eating!

Will loving his chance at farming!

Never gonna miss a chance to ride a tractor -- even if it isn't green. :)

And of course we have to introduce the little lady to the world of tractors. She looks like a natural, doesn't she?

Can't wait until next year!