Not much happening here...a 3 part series. Part 1.

Oh man, where oh where to begin??  Halloween?  We were spider-man & a pumpkin.  The preschool fundraising Fun Fair?  It was a huge success.  My birthday? I turned 32 & celebrated belatedly with my womb buddy (who was traveling in Columbia the day of..tough life) with the Avett Brothers - it was awesome.  P man's 4th birthday?  Yep.

I'm going to be a little longer winded here, even though there is wonderful, awesome, incredible miracles to share.  My precious boy deserves his own birthday blog post.  Sweet P turned 4 this past November and was adamant that he have a camping / fire party.  And so we did.  I admittedly was pretty impressed with my party throwing skills...plus it was a boys camping party so it was pretty easy.  P has definite opinions of who he wants to invite (just boys and their dads...oh, and one girl who he loves and wants to do everything with.)  P and his daddy spent weeks collecting firewood, while P and I shopped for hot dogs, supplies for s'mores, headlamps as party favors, bug juice etc.  P made his own "welcome to my party" sign from cardboard and left over tissue paper.  I must say...we impressed ourselves.  So our 4 friends (because he is 4) and their dads showed up at 530pm for our campfire and entertained themselves running around with their headlamps for a solid hour and a half. The s'more roasting was mostly a hit - the dads found themselves more involved but mostly they chatted and drank the adult bug juice while the boys (and one girl) ran around like crazies hunting bugs, & hiding in the tent.  P had a great time, we all had a great time.  Pictures...

Here is P opening up a gift from his grandma...a NC State wolf pack t-shirt.  The kids are hilarious making the wolf sounds and hand motions, they have many many teams to root for!  Our birthday decorations are essentially the same every year and for everyone...makes the set up awfully easy!  Saved happy birthday banners go on the back wall, we blow up as many balloons as came in the balloon bag and throw them around the room, and occasionally tie a ballon or two to their chairs.  P got rainbow sprinkle pancakes for breakfast and then was off to school for the morning! I'm pretty sure he even wore his happy birthday hat - he was excited to finally be 4 - especially since now that meant that he could bring 4 things to school when it was his turn to have the sharing bag.

He is decorating his birthday cake.  The signature Dalton chocolate sheet cake..( I said SHEET cake.)

Peter and Daddy get the fire ready for his friends.

P wouldn't stand next to his sign that he spent a few days making...Camp Peter.  But I was pretty proud of us so I am posting this picture anyway. Only 5 weeks away from baby Addy!

The bug Juice was a big hit..along with the glowstick necklaces & bracelets.

Granddad and P make their hot dogs.

The Dads stop paying attention to the party goers & chat and roast hot dogs :/ :/

Friends play in the tent.

I think Lucy may have had a least 3 s'mores.

And finally the birthday boy blows out his candles.  I was a little surprised he actually participated in this event!

I'd say SUCCESS!  And now, on to Thanksgiving...I don't even remember that.  Christmas?? Next post....