We had our sweet Chase's birthday party on Saturday, January 3rd- the day before his actual birthday. He was so excited for his birthday party and so excited to give the invitations out to his little friends. He's been talking about his own birthday party since last fall, and originally it was always a train themed party. Then during December he started wanting to have the theme be any old thing he came across that he liked- sand, candy canes, combines, etc. Last week I finally sat him down and gave him some options for party themes- doable options of things that I know he likes (Lightning McQueen, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Mickey Mouse, and Planes) and obviously he picked Planes- and was excited about it!
I made his cake the night before, and despite his original skepticism due to it's lack of featuring Ripslinger, I think he ultimately decided he liked it. He got to pick out the cake mix, and he of course chose chocolate (4 years in a row now). Chase really loves chocolate cake and I'm glad he's easy to please.
When he watched me making this birthday banner earlier in the week he got so hyper and ran around the house singing happy birthday to himself. I got a few balloons the morning of the party, which just increased Chase's excitement. Both of my boys love balloons and have been playing with them all day. Chase was equally impressed with the dusty plates, cups and napkins I got for the party. I love how easy it is to impress an almost 4 year old!
A funny little story: Chase was so hyper the morning of his party (it was at 11:00 am). He was running around the house when he noticed that my mom was wearing new slippers. When he asked her about them she told him that her old slippers got a hole in them. Chase immediately burst into tears crying that he just loved her old slippers and had a mini meltdown over it- I'm sure due to his pent up excitement and not so much that he had a strong emotional attachment to my mom's house slippers. Luckily his little friends showed up right after that and snapped him right out of that bad mood!
Chase had five little guests at his party: Will and Matt Newbold, Paisley Stucker, Edyn Edgmon and Addy Palmer and it was the cutest little group of kids! I really do love his little friends. The first thing we did was read the story of Dusty Crophopper, in case all the other kids aren't as big of fans as mine are. Then we played pin the propeller on Dusty.
After that Ben held a little flight school for the kids, which was adorable. Then we had them fly through their own "Wings Around the Globe Rally" aka, an obstacle course that included a little slide, flying through a storm (a fan and bubbles), under a table, through a blanket tunnel and around the couch. They loved it! Especially the little boys who did the course again and again and again.
Chase loved opening his gifts. All his friends were so thoughtful and cute and Chase gave them each a hug and said thank you. Nora was so excited to sit on the floor with the kids and kept waving her little arms and squealing- such a party girl!
We finished off with lunch (pizza and some cut up veggies) and then cake and ice cream. I loved my little Chase watching everyone sing to him with a huge smile on his face. It was such a fun little party, pretty simple and easy and Chase had a great time, which was the goal. We love our little Chase so much and loved celebrating his special day with him!
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