Colin's Superhero Birthday!

We celebrated Colin's birthday with family and friends on Sunday.

We decided to hold the party at English Landing Park, at one of the shelters there.  I knew it was probably going to be pretty warm outside, so we had the party at 10 am until 1 pm, hoping to miss some of the extreme July heat.

Of course, that day was calling for rain (we haven't had rain in weeks!), but it looked pretty spotty on the radar, so we went ahead and started decorating.

Colin has wanted a superhero party all year, so this was a lot of fun to plan (with the help of Pinterest!)

Colin just kept looking at all of the balloons and decor, saying "this is all so cool!"

I'm going to miss these days when simply getting a bunch of balloons is considered cool!

The superman cake that I decorated

(The icing was pretty gooey after being outside for a couple of hours, but it was still yummy!)

The shelter at the park

We had planned on having the party in a much smaller shelter area, but the groundskeeper was driving by the park that Sunday morning and told us this much larger one hadn't been rented out by anyone for Sunday morning.  We packed up all our goodies and started decorating this one, instead!

The 'happy birthday' banner that I made

One of my favorite pictures from the day...

Colin and Maggie doing their superhero impersonations

Maggie loved the swings at the park, just don't push her too high or she'll freak!

Olivia loved the sand area

Silly Maggie

All of the superheroes eating lunch

We ordered pizza, and had veggies and fruit salad.  

Yummy!

All of the kids lined up ready for the pinata

(Johnny didn't feel well and refused to sit down!)

The order goes: Brendan, Evelyn, Maggie, Olivia, Colin, Dylan, Johnny, Sophia and Alex

The kids had a blast with the pinata

The string holding up the pinata broke before the pinata did, so they all just pulled the strings at the bottom and attacked the candy!

Getting some goodies

Colin got some awesome, thoughtful gifts for his birthday.

He got some new books, pajamas, superhero action figures, a sleeping bag, new sports balls, sidewalk chalk, movies, a fishing pole, lunchbox, Legos, plus we got him a slip-n-slide that we will hopefully be trying out soon!

Blowing out his birthday candles

Colin, my big 4 year old!

I still don't know where the time has gone...

We love you so much, Colin!