James at 4

James just had a birthday and it's definitely one I couldn't wait to celebrate. Terrible three's are over! He's fantastic four now! 

With his penchant for bad guys, we settled on a pirate birthday party. I love organizing and planning these parties (thank you, Pinterest!)  and since he picked his theme a couple months ago… It wasn't too hard. I do wonderful copying ideas, and tweaking them to fit our needs, I'm just not creative enough to come up with most of these on my own.

James even looked through Pinterest with me one night to decide what he wanted his cake to look like. This was the best shot I could get of him with his cake:

Ironically, I got the party mostly set up on time, but we forgot to send out all of the invitations on time. Yeesh. Still, most of his buddies came, along with all local cousins.

Everyone seemed to really enjoy walking the plank, and hooking pretzels. 

Evelyn and Aubrey waited until the boys had cleared out to try their turns at walking the planks. Smart girls.

Coming up with silly pirate names for the food was half the fun for Paul and I beforehand:

But, the big hit was the treasure map and once that was out, they didn't want to play any other games. I loved that they were using their imaginations and playing well, so I just 'forgot' about the other games and let them have fun:

James is so shy, that even at his birthday party he didn't want many pictures taken of himself. 

So, on to the birthday questionnaire!

How old are you? 4

What makes you happy? Cuddling

What is your favorite thing to eat? Cake!

What is your least favorite thing to eat? Pepperoni

What are your favorite things to do? Play Star Wars Angry Birds

What is your favorite scripture story? Ammon

What is your favorite movie? Star Wars

What is your favorite color? Blue

What is your favorite song? Frozen, 'In Summer'

What is your favorite book? Hop on Pop

What is your favorite sport? Air hockey

What is your favorite animal? Turtles

What are you really good at? Air hockey

Who is your best friend? Kayden

What do you and your mother do together? Cuddle up

What do you and your dad do together? He shows me his race car game & he takes me to stuff on daddy dates

Where is your favorite place to go? Roos N More

What do you want to be when you grow up? A superhero