Carter is SIX

Can Carter really be six??? Oh my goodness, time flies WAY too fast. I tried telling him that maybe be should just stay five for a little longer, or even go back to four, but he wouldn't have it. He's been looking forward to this day for a loooooong time.

First off, Carter has been begging, and begging, and BEGGING for a birthday party. He's been telling me for weeks who he even wants to invite. Bo and I would always just nod, say uh huh, and change the subject because we were too busy with other things.

WELL..we decided to through him a surprise Super hero birthday party, and it was awesome. While he was gone at school we decked the house out with balloons, streamers, and super hero signs and logos all over. He had absolutely no clue that he was having a party that day. He thought his party was going to be on the weekend, so when he walked in, saw the decorations, and everyone shouted "surprise", he had the most shocked expression on his face. It was hilarious. He might have been kinda confused why all these kids were jumping out yelling at him dressed up as super heroes. So funny. I told him that he was having a surprise super hero party and that he needed to go change into a costume. He got really into it from that point on. ** side story... After sending him upstairs to go get his costume on, I went up and checked on him and found him putting on a construction worker costume. haha. I told him it was a SUPER HERO party. "Ohhhhh." So funny. He changed for a more suitable Spiderman costume.

There were about 10 kids in total, some from church and others from school. All of them had costumes on, and it was the best. They had pizza and juice for lunch, then they did a craft where they made fun masks, then it was upstairs for a super hero training course that Bo put together. It was pretty rad, if I say so myself. We had the boys crawling through a tunnel, running to a line to throw balls and knock down the bad guys (little action figures on a table), then they had to run to our little trampoline, jump on it, and while jumping off knock down our wall, made up of diaper boxes. Too many diaper boxes in this house.

It was a big hit with the boys.

After the training course it was back downstairs for "cake" and ice cream. Carter requested brownies this year, so I did brownies with toasted marshmallows and chocolate frosting on top. YUM. Another success. I should go professional. I did my best to try and draw a batman logo on the brownies. It was kind of sad looking, but the kids were impressed. At least they could tell what it was supposed to be. That counts for something, right?

Finally it was the long awaited present opening time. Carter scored big time, but I think the best gift of all was just the great time he had with all his friends. He was seriously on cloud nine for the rest of the day.

Happy Birthday Carter-bug! We love you so much. I can't believe you are six. We have enjoyed having you in our family and look forward to many more birthdays and years of fun!

The training course: There is the tunnel on the left, and you can see the wall of diapers on the right. Go Target!

Special Shout Out to my friend Lindsay. Bo had to bail on the party last minute because of a mandatory meeting he had forgotten about. sheesh. Lindsay stepped up on the ultimate friend list and came and helped out. No way was I going to be able to handle 10 boys all by myself. Thanks Linds!!

Yes, I know that it looks like all I ever wear is that green shirt, but one, it's an awesome and super comfy shirt, but two, and more importantly, that shirt has Spiderman, the Silver Surfer, Thor, and Wolverine on it, making it the perfect shirt to wear to a Super Hero party. I wore it on purpose for that party. I'm nothing if not a supportive mom. :) It helps that Bo thinks I look cute in that shirt.

Blowing out the candles. Unfortunately it took two breaths.