More Party, More Cupcakes

After the sledding adventure and playing in the barn, Ben was coerced into coming inside to open presents and have dinner. Ben got some awesome presents including nice new clothes, a stomp rocket, a school bus, a 'grooming kit' including a shaver (but no deodorant which was a concern for Ben), and some awesome new bedroom decor!

After a tasty spaghetti and meatball dinner Dzaidziu whipped up, it was time for MORE cupcakes :) I ran out of nutter butters, so these were just plain cupcakes.

Doing his weird thing when people sing Happy Birthday...

It was another successful, fun birthday celebration!

Sledding with Daddy

Adam's parents got a little bit more snow than we did, so they dusted off the old sled and headed for the back hill today. It was pretty darn cold out and Ben was bundled to the hilt. I'm not even sure he could see. Ben and Adam made two runs and then Ben decided he was done. It was pretty cold out and he just wanted to go in the barn and play with his trucks. While they were cold and freezing, I was nice and toasty warm in the house, taking these pictures with my telephoto lens :)

Birthday Party: Part 2 - JoJo's Pizza

After some time playing at Playland, we all headed over to JoJo's Pizza for dinner and cupcakes. JoJo's was great! They had the table all set up for us, we had a room to ourselves, good service and good food.

Lily and Susan make cookies earlier in the day, and spelled out a special message for Ben!

As part of the kid's goodie bags, I found foam animal masks.

Ben received some very nice, generous gifts that he was very excited about!

Ben gets so weird when people sing Happy Birthday. He hides his face like he's embarrassed.

An action shot of blowing out the candles - he blew out all 3 in one try!

We had another round of Alligator cupcakes - chocolate malt flavor this time. And again, they were a hit!

On the way home, Ben told us that this was his 'bestest birthday ever, ever' because you know, he's had soooo many...

Birthday Party: Part 1 - Playland

Part 1 of Ben's birthday party: play time at Sylvania Playland. We invited Cameryn, Andrew and Lily to join us in celebrating Ben's birthday. This was Ben's first friends party. After a tumultuous nap time, I was concerned about Ben and how he would behave, but he, and all the kids, were excellent! They all had a great time playing in the bouncy house, on the slides, the rollercoaster and the always popular school bus. (I think the school bus might make an appearance at our house for Nick's birthday. It is a serious toddler/preschooler pleaser). I of course could not get a picture of all the kids together at once, but we could always photoshop Ben into the picture with the other three kids.