Guess Who's 4?

We have had a crazy week around here because my little Bridger turned 4!

For some reason, being 4 seems so big.

0-3 still seems like a toddler, but 4?  Huge.  True big kid.

When I asked Bridger what kind of party he wanted, he said snakes.

Luckily, we know just the person...

My cousin Jeff has a reptile business and he came and put on an animal show for the kids.

He brought bugs, and lizards, and snakes.

This one, is Cinderella.

Just to give you an idea of how big she is...Jeff is 6'6" and the snake still looks HUGE on him.  Yeah, it was massive.

Everyone got to touch Cinderella...

And then feed Gordon...the tortoise.

Bridger (who was actually really embarrassed to have all the attention on him) picked his own birthday cake from Costco with a dinosaur on it.  Every year I make my kids a birthday cake.  I go to a lot of work too.  I try to make something really unique.  This year, Bridger begged for a cake from the store.  LOL.

Since we just got back from CA, I didn't have a lot of time to plan this.

Brittany came over to help and we decided to keep it simple.

After all, the reptile show was enough.

Happy Birthday Bridger!!!

The Bumblebee Party

We had Bridger's "Bumblebee Party" over the weekend.

My husband's family was in town, so he had lots of cousins over to play with :)

I decided to make him a dark chocolate cake with yellow buttercream icing and the autobots logo cut out of chocolate fondant.

I also made oreo truffles dipped in yellow-white chocolate and chocolate cookies with yellow m&m's.  Of course we had real food too...pizza, chips & salsa, watermelon.  Bridger wanted to have broccoli because it's one of his fav's (strange...I know...) but I didn't have a change to go get some.  Maybe next year... :)

The kids played pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey-transformer's version and then spent the afternoon in the pool.

Bridger was so excited to get a pillow-pet.

Isn't it funny the things that kids want?

Saxon is so jealous because he has been wanting a pillow-pet for a while now.

We kept it simple, but I think it was a success :)

Neverland

There's something special about being 3.

It seems to be the age that you go from toddler to big kid.

The 3rd birthday is the one where they finally start to really get it.

When Saxon turned 3, we had a NEVERLAND party.

It was magical!

My friend Rachel from Black Eiffel did the photography.

(Her post here)

I went all out...it was a lot of work and a lot of fun.

On July 31, Bridger will turn 3.

At first I thought a Harry Potter party

(since the movie just came out and Harry Potter's b-day is also July 31).

Bridger said "no, Bumblebee" (as in transformers).

Me: "How about superheros?" (how cute would a vintage-inspired hero party be?)

Bridger: "No, Bumblebee".

After going back and forth, I conceded.

His mind was made up.

Now the dilemma is, how do I make a cool Bumblebee party? 

I have a few ideas, but nothing great.

Any suggestions?