Monkey's 4th Birthday Party

Today was Monkey's 4th birthday party with his friends. We had a blast!! Our theme was Disney Pixar Cars and we invited a mob. First we got the house decorated, including a real set of racing suits and helmets. The boys thought those were a riot. You can see Monkey racing around in his "race car" while Big C just tries to stay upright with the heavy helmet on his head.We stuffed the suits and they raced the frame of our car bed by the side of the room. Super cute!! Once the mob arrived we headed down to the basement to turn them loose on the toys. That kept them occupied until everyone had arrived.
We then headed upstairs to have every child decorate thier own personal cake to bring home.
They each got thier own bowl of candy and cars and went to town sticking stuff on wherever they could find the space.I hope all of the mommies and daddies enjoy thier dessert tonight : ) Once the cakes were done it was time to go down to the basement and play with the parachute.
Some of the kids hung back and played with all of the "new to them" toys in the room and the rest hung out around the parachute.We worked up quite an appetite doing that so it was soon time to head up for hot dogs and cake. Monkey loved his Lightening McQueen racetrack birthday cake and everyone dug in. I made the track out of Oreo cookie crumbs. While coffee grounds would have worked just as well, it just didn't seem like a good idea for taste or for the effect that would have on 11 4 year olds!!!The kids happily dug in to the cake and then it was time to open the presents. We threw the Cars movie on the TV and let the birthday boy have a blast with his gifts. The kids all gathered 'round as he dove in. He was so excited with every new treasure. Everyone was so generous and he was so pleased, thanks so much to everyone!! We can't wait to thank you all personally.

His room, wardrobe, bathtub and toy box will forever bear the memories of his awesome Cars birthday party with his friends.