BIRTHDAY, BIRTTHDAY, BIRTHDAY

Now it's Colten's turn! He turns 3 this year. He is so excited about his birthday. He talks about it every day. He has a hard time holding up the 3 fingers so he tells people he's 3 but holds up the 4 fingers. This is the first year we decided to let him invite his friends his age to his party. So with that in mind we decided to have it at the church. I think me staying at home and planning things like this is not the best idea. I love it...but I might have gone a little overboard! But hey...It will be a birthday to remember! I think we will have about 50-60 people there. Not just kids, their parents too. I would feel like I was back in Jamaica with 50-60 kids in one room! (When we taught a VBS in Jamaica I had 80 kids in my 5 and 6 year old class! We had to use church pews to corral them in one area!) Matt decided that I should try and make the cake. His party is a racing themed party because of his love for race cars. So I went out and got a cake pan shaped like a car and decided, I would give it a shot. I don't know if it will come out looking like a bus or not. We'll see, I am making it today! That is my goal! Then I am making cupcakes with oreos on top and a lifesaver in the middle to look like tires. And Colten saw me looking on line one day and asked me to make these cake lollipops...so I am attempting those too! I feel like a Martha Stewart! On top of all that I made little race cars out of candy for the kids at the party. I think they turned out pretty cute...is it overboard yet? We had to find ways to intertain the people at this party so we of course got the classic pin the something on something. In this case it is pin the car in the winner's circle. We got these cute little racing helmets and are going to have tricycle races. We are also going to let all the little kids paint their own race car. I think I will need a spa treatment after Saturday! So Matt got a whole week for his birthday and Colten gets the whole church for his birthday! I think he will be pretty excited. He'll probably do his 'run around and yell at the top of my lungs because I'm so excited and don't know how to show it in the right way' think he does! Obviously I have a lot of work to get done so I will have to post the results of this party after Saturday sometime. Hopefully it won't be a couple months like it has been for me to post a blog again!