Celebrate: Corban turns 4!

Little man turned 4 this past week and we had a great time celebrating his life.  Corban is such a sweet boy and we are thankful for him.  His favorite things right now are Fireman Sam and Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  He's still on the tall side for his age (84%) but he's probably not going to be quite as tall as his daddy (momma messed that up!).  We went with a camping theme this year in order to enjoy the fall weather and lots of chocolate.  As usual, I got distracted socializing with other moms and didn't take near enough photos.  For food we did hotdogs (pre-grilled or cook-your-own), baked beans, kettle corn, wild berries (strawberries, blackberries, raspberries & pomegranate perils), wild veggies (veggie straws), kindling (pretzel sticks) and of course smores and cupcakes.  Thanks to all who could celebrate with us!

 These were the invites.  I just printed on a natural colored cardstock and stuck in an envelope.  Super easy.

 Ok, I've made some pretty ghetto cakes/cupcakes before so I'm gonna toot my own horn for these.  I didn't even steal them from Pinterest!  The log is a Pirouette cookie broken (they were out of the chocolate ones) and the flame is red, yellow and orange Starbursts.  Melt in microwave for 10-15 secs, mash together, roll with rolling pin and cut in desired shape.  Just so I don't get too proud - let's look back at some of my past cake flops:  Dakota's Melted 2nd Bday Cupcakes, Corban's 1st Bday Frankenstein, Corban's 3rd Bday Pumpkin and Dakota's Melted 5th Bday Cupcakes.  

 Jacob made a perfect little set up for the kids to enjoy the fire.

This was the first year we did presents for Corban's party and he got some fun toys.  All of which he has enjoyed a lot since receiving.  We will probably establish an every other year schedule for the kids' bdays.  I love throwing parties but I don't want parents to feel overwhelmed by yet another gift to buy plus I like teaching them about giving to other needs as well.