Patrick's Birthday Party

We had a small party for Patrick's birthday. I didn't want to go all out, but I like Patrick to feel like he has a special day. He was excited to wake up to balloons all over the house. We opened a few presents in the morning. He definitely know how to open presents know. He needed very little help this year.

He is really in to puzzles right now, so he got an alphabet/animals/train puzzle from Grandma Cook. It is 10 ft long after to put it all together.

We got him a set of stacking blocks with the alphabet on them.

He built it all up and then had a blast knocking it over.

He also got a toy set that has letter boards that you fill in the letters to make the word. He is really obsessed with letters right now and is constantly sounding out words, so I knew he would enjoy this toy.

My favorite is when he finds all the letters for "hen" then sounds it out perfectly, "h-e-n," and says, "chicken."

This play tent was his big present from us. It was also the main entertainment for his party. We invited two of his friends to come over and play. We made pizza for everybody and then enjoyed cupcakes.

These cupcakes were really fun to make. I like to make something special for birthdays, so I did an animal theme this year. I make monkey, lion, and elephant cupcakes, and then chocolate-dipped oreos. I got the idea for the cupcakes from a cupcake book I have. I didn't think up the idea all on my own! Reed was really helpful and took the kids to the park so I could have some uninterrupted time to put them together.

Patrick really enjoyed his birthday cupcakes. He talked about them for days. He still mostly just ate the frosting, but he had a good time! When we sang to him, he laughed and covered his face, but loved blowing out the candles, and requested more candles for his other cupcakes.

I think Patrick had a very fun day for his birthday. He played hard and loved all of his presents. I think next year his will be really excited and understand when we start talking about his birthday.