Well the past 4 years have flown by, I look and him and he still looks like a baby to me but he really is growing up. He has his own opinions, interest, sense of humor, taste in music etc. He's is the funniest person I've ever met in my life and surprises me every morning. I am so thankful that out of all the moms in the world God gave him to me.
One if his interests that began completely separate from me is Star
Wars. I had never really watched the movies until he asked to see them
and now I like Star Wars too. For his fourth birthday party he wanted
to have a "gross party" all about well gross stuff. I really did not
want to have a gross party so I pulled rank and threw out the idea of a
Star Wars party and he was really into the idea so Star Wars it is.
I found a picture of Darth Vader online and carved my own stamp. I bought pre-made silver cards and envelopes at Michaels and stamped them in black ink. I came up with a clever phrase for the cover and printed it on red computer paper, and glued it on the front. Sidenote: I could only buy a huge pack of red printer paper so every assignment for the rest of my college career will be handed in on red paper.
I am keeping up with the tradition of making Tony a birthday shirt but
this time I made him pants too. I used freezer paper stencil for the
shirt and whipped up some simple pants with Darth Vader fabric at the
cuffs. His Uncle Benny, the amazing graphic designer, made him this
amazing r2d2 cut out for his birthday. We kept him out so he could join
in the festivities.
We had the party in our backyard this year which was a huge relief. Not only was it so much simpler to have the kitchen right here, Tony was on his turf and all the kids got to play on the awesome playhouse he got for his 3rd birthday. We also rented a bounce house which kept him busy before, during, and after th party. I honestly would like any excuse to rent a bounce house *amazing*
He received loads of Star Wars gear which was his favorite part. I haven't sent out thank yous but I just want everyone to know how thankful we are that you were part of his day.
Here is my sad attempt at a cake. I really wanted to get a Wilton r2d2 cake pan but they were ridiculous on ebay so I thought I could think of something. I decided to make r2d2's head. I baked the cake in a bowl and mixed up grey and blue icing and went for it. It kind of looks like r2d2's head on a platter. Also, I asked my brother to take a picture of the cake so I take no responsibility for the sad looking thing with stuff strewn about it.
