N's fourth birthday!

He's just so big.  I can't believe I have a 4-year old.  I know every mom in the world says that... but it's so true, it just seems impossible that he is such a big boy now.  And he constantly amazes me by what he understands about the world around him!

Here is the cake.  He had asked for a Thomas cake, which I thought would be easy!  Ha!  First of all the Thomas pan isn't being made anymore, so I had to find this one on e-bay, which I had never done before... so that was quite the learning process.  But I got it ordered.  I did however forget to order one critical item... blue icing dye.  And of course, the week of his birthday, I couldn't find it anywhere around here.

While I was trying to problem solve this little issue, N came up with a suggestion himself.  "We'll have to make a different engine" he said.  I suggested either Percy (green) or James (red) both colors I either had or knew I could get.  He loved he idea of having a James cake, so I went to town converting Thomas to James.  Good thinking N!  I was pretty pleased with how it turned out considering I freehanded a lot of it!

He insisted on wearing his Thomas T-shirt to what became his Thomas / James party!

N shares his birthday with a friend, (like, exactly to the day) so we just had their family over for dinner and cake.  We let both of the big 4-year olds blow out the candles together!

Little e waits sort of patiently for his piece.

The big present was his new big boy bike.  Now, I know there are some of you readers out there who don't approve of training wheels... but N loves it and is riding all over this neighborhood.  Sometimes we have to jog to keep up with him!  This frees up the tricycle for little e to ride, although he hasn't mastered steering yet... so we contain him to the back yard.

Happy Birthday big guy!