Richard's party

Last year we went to Richard's 4th birthday party, and I was pretty sure it couldn't be topped... Then we went this year, and it was better. Crazy! Spiderman made an appearance, there was a piñata, a face painter came, and a balloon artist came. The cake could feed the whole neighborhood. There was a bounce house and slide. The food was catered and amazing. Seriously, the best 5 year old party ever. When we got there, the kids remembered, and called it "the party house".  There is no way to explain all the pictures. Just imagine happy kids, heaps of candy, adults stuffed full of amazing food, really, just the best time.

Welcome Spidey!

Did you know that Spiderman can also do magic tricks? Hawken and Alexandra were his first two volunteers.

Balloon animals were taken to a whole new level. I'm pretty sure every balloon animal I ever received as a child was a dog. I would have peed my pants if I got anything like this.

Face painting, this guy could do anything you asked for. Scorpion/dragon with green eyes for Matix, dolphin with sparkles for Lullaby (actually she originally asked for a shark, but the guy said, "wouldn't you rather have a nice dolphin?"), and a perfect pink and red flower with sparkles for Alexandra. Again, Hawken likes a clean face.

This birthday cake, if standing up, would have been three feet tall. Crazy.

And the piñata... all the kids got a few good hits in, but eventually the stick was given to Paul to break it open. It still took a while because it was made of THICK cardboard, but eventually everyone left with armfuls of candy.

They all wanted one last picture of their face paint masterpieces before I made them wash it of in the bath.  Then Lullaby wanted an extra picture, lovely.