December is a busy month for everyone and having a birthday boy this month is something we work really hard to separate from all the Christmas season hoopla. We really want our boys to be celebrated on their birth-days and use that time to honor them and who God made them to be. Austin was so excited to turn four for many reason, but one of the most anticipated reasons was to have a friends birthday party.... like big brother Jaxon. He has tagged along to all of Jaxon's friends parties and knew they were pretty fun :) Being he was only turning four, we kept it very simple and small this year.... more of a glorified play-date with a good buddy cousin and two pals he regularly plays with. It was a simple little party doing a couple of his favorites things, eating his favorite foods, and playing with some of his favorite little pals. It was really fun to focus in on Austin this year as he turned four. This is one of my favorite ages of all children and I am looking forward to this next year with him at home!!
He LOVES Cars anything and that was the theme for the night...
He helped decorate his cake (had a sick babe this year so the track shaped cake quickly turned into a simple double layered circle track cake, but Austin was still thrilled.... all that mattered! :)
Dinner with his friends...
His favorite food requests... pigs in a blanket, orange slices, cracker sticks with cheese dip, and fruit smoothies.
He loves to paint, so the kids all painted little wooden cars...
Carefully painting...
He loves to race cars, so the kids raced around the track that our friend, Natalie, spent a good chunk of time creating :)
And he loves cake and ice-cream...
Presents.... the Under-dog costume was a hit! He wears it almost every day.... over his clothes, over his pajamas, over his coat.... pretty much all the time. (Thank you, Mark!!!)
And what's this 4 year old's party of favorite things without his favorite pal, Natalie!!
Everyone had gone home.... and he sat quietly and drew in his new note-book pictures of his friends and the number "4". What a sweet little way to celebrate becoming four.
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