THE PARTY!!

On Saturday, September 23 from 3 - 5PM we had a birthday party for John Christian at the Park at the Airforce base right across from the airfield. This is where John Christian wanted to have it. It was a beautiful day with just a little too much wind. The park was crowded with all kinds of people, but we had a wonderful time!

There was another little boy at the party, Harrison, but for some reason I didn't get any photos of him. His poor mom had a terrible time getting him onto the base & we really appreciate her taking the time to deal with all the rules and regulations to bring Harrison!


Thanks to YaYa who drove up Friday night so that she could be here for the party on Saturday.

It was too windy to put the balloons on the table. So, I had to tie them to one of the posts.

I think John Christian would have stayed in the swing the whole time if we hadn't convinced him to get down and have cake & presents.

Rachel's mom said Rachel chose to come to the party instead of going to their beach house for the weekend. She gave John Christian the wooden Happy Birthday Thomas which he loves!

JC, Rachel, and Michael

Charlie ran around like the wild monkey that he is!

John Christian was very sad b/c the HUGE Lightening McQueen Car balloon that I splurged on for this special day flew off it's string b/c some of the kids thought it would be fun to bang the balloons. I think it would have gone anyway due to all the wind. Plus, I can't imagine that thing floating around our house for the next month until the helium ran out!

Charlie had fun spending time with YaYa!

Daddy's Boy!

Ramon

The Special "Cars" Cake! It was marble cake inside! The thing was huge. I bought it from Sams Club b/c they were the only place that had the Cars decorations available. Everyone else's stuff was backordered. I was just happy to find this one b/c it is exactly what John Christian wanted with his favorite color - blue!

I tried putting the box behind the cake and candles, but they just wouldn't light. The kids all sang and we pretended to blow out the candles! John Christian was a great sport and didn't fuss one bit!

Before we could even sing all the children had blue icing on their faces and fingers because they kept touching the cake trying to sneak a bite of icing!

John Christian is just the happiest little 3 year old!

Another Daddy's Boy

"Little Grant" as John Christian likes to call him made a special trip out to the party per
John Christian's request!

John Christian said, "Mom, this is the best birthday cake I ever had!"

Time for the pinata!

Cake, my favorite!

The pinata was a SMASH HIT! Although technicaly we didn't hit this one! We pulled the ribbons out to make the candy fall! I don't trust the 3 year olds with a bat!

Yes, Candy!! Lots of Candy!!
I'm sure the parents were thrilled with all the candy their children took home!

Michael was thrilled to have a break from all the moving he is doing. They sold their house, moved into an apartment, and are moving into another house. During all of this his dad left for Iraq. They have been a very busy family. The little girl you see in the photos that looks bigger than most of the kids is his sister Hadley!

Lots of presents!

One of the favorites is a remote controlled car Uncle John, Aunt Amy, & Cousin Thomas sent up with YaYa. Charlie has fallen in love with it also! John Christian is now understanding why we told him he needed to share Charlie's birthday presents and actually let Charlie play with them!

YEAH!!! Charlie just loves being outside!

Charlie was so messy after all that cake! I didn't think it would ever come out of his clothes!

The Sturdivant Family