We celebrated Trevor's birthday a little early this year so that Nana Jeanne and Papa Steve could be a part of his first 'friends' party. Trevor could hardly contain his excitement for his big day. He got into all of the shopping and preparations needed to make his Superhero party so special!
The morning of his party he was very into helping with the balloons and recreate the balloons from the movie Up!
Although Sara vowed to make his cake this year after not making it last year due to Ashley's birth but when we had close to 40 people coming, we realized it would be better to call in an expert based on the size of cake needed and the time needed to spend on such an endeavor. She would much rather just hang out with her family than baking and decorating a cake. Well after much research we found a cake baker right here in our community that could make Trevor's Superhero cake (complete with the necessary capes!) and for the right price.
Trevor was so excited when the baker delivered it! He wanted to know right away which layer was which flavor! He picked all three layers - the top was chocolate cake with buttercream and M&M mixture, the middle was chocolate cake with cookies and cream filling, and the bottom was white cake with strawberry filling. Well she said the cake would serve 40 but but it would have served over 100. Seriously. It was so big that we only went through the top layer and a third of the second! Yum!
Trevor was very instrumental in what he wanted for his birthday meal...pizza, homemade mac-n-cheese, fruits and veggies (definitely not his Mama's kid!), and chips. Okay, we can do that!! When Mommy told him we were going to put a cityscape on the table behind the food he said 'that would be cool'! And it was!
For the party favors, we had custom kids capes and masks made...
...they were waiting for the kids on tables and when they got to the party they opened them right away so that they could design their emblem and pin it to their cape!
We also had a beverage bar set up for parents and kids. Water and juice boxes for kids, not the wine ;)
A lot of the kids attending were neighbors (that's what happens when all of the homes around you have kids the same age) but he did get to invite two friends from school so he invited Tristan and Connor!
Not sure why this picture won't go the right way but here are some of the kids busy coloring! They were all super pumped to get capes and masks to wear for the party and at home. We heard later that some kids wouldn't even take them off for bed!
Well all the kids loved them except our own! The little stinker didn't want his cape covering up his 'Super Trevor' shirt!
After the kids were done making their personalized emblems for their capes, they got their pictures lifting the 1000lb bar bell ;)
Then we had the kryptonite toss...
...and the 'pop, boom, bang' bean bag toss!
...along with the M&M drop game that Trevor played at his 2nd birthday party. How this kid remembered that and requested it is beyond us but we made it happen with a superhero twist of course! And after each game the kids got special superhero stickers to put on their capes too!
After the games we headed inside and Nana Jeanne read a superhero book! The kids sat and listened so intently! We learned from Gabriella's Halloween party that story time went over well and it did here too! Plus it gave us time to get all the food out quick!
Trevor loves his pizza!
After that it was cake time! Trevor was a bit bashful while everyone was singing the birthday song.
But boy did he do a great job blowing out his four candles!
We tried getting a picture of all of the kids with their capes and masks but after cake they were a bit high strung and the younger ones wouldn't sit still. So instead we got the older kids. From the left..Trevor, Annastyn and Maci (across the street), Connor (friend from La Casa) and his sister Kennedy, Connor (friend from La Casa), Gabriella (across the street) and then Stella Grace on the ground (friend from La Casa as well as lives two doors down). Missing from picture were next door neighbors Addison, Ava and Andrew, 'cousins' Adam and Cole, and friend Bennett. And Ashley of course :)
Before everyone left, they were sure to sign Trevor's birthday book. At his 1st birthday party everyone who attended signed the book with a birthday wish and now at his first friend's party they signed too. It's fun to look back and read the personal messages!
After most of his friends left, Adam, Cole and Trevor dug into Trevor's present from Grandma and Papa Hillins!
And then proceeded to watch Mike, Daddy, and both Papas build his new trampoline!
They wait was worth it! The three boys had so much fun jumping that Trevor said his legs hurt too much the next morning to bend over and get his pants on!
Later that day Trevor opened his gifts from all of his friends (side note, in AZ it's not customary to open gifts at your birthday party. Not entirely sure why but we followed it after we realized the kids were far too raring to go than to sit and watch him open gifts after eating all that cake!)
Ashley wasn't much of a help opening gifts. She much preferred to crawl over them...
....but who could be mad at his cute face?
He was especially excited to get a Superman city and new, bigger Batcave! His friends really spoiled him!
Side note: When he opened his Batcave from Connor and Kennedy he said 'I've waited a long time for this. Thank you! Thank you!' He is so cute!! And that Batcave went everywhere with him from that point on!
Before heading out to Mike and Nicci's going away party (so sad, requires a whole separate blog post...), we took some family pics in front of the cool cityscape!
Our almost 4 year old boy with our almost one year old girl (see how she's practicing how old she is!)
Let's hope he never outgrows our kisses! Because right now, he can't get enough of them!!
And one with his Nana and Papa Steve :)
What a great day we had! Happy 4th birthday party day Trevor!! We're so glad your party was
everything you wanted it to be! We all had a lot of fun celebrating
with you and your friends! We love you very much!
