Elephant Party

In some ways it's amazing that our firstborn son is four, yet in other ways my mind can flash to milestones and special moments all along the way. I'm reminded that his four years of presence in our family has been full of adventure as well as an abundance of God's grace. We're so proud of the little man he's becoming, adore his sweet spirit, have fun challenging his memory, and are learning just how auditory he is (like his dad). Recently, we've enjoyed hearing his take on Jesus and the stories he has learned about him. During the crucifixion scene of the Miracle Maker, he assured Doug, "It's okay, Dad, Jesus is going to come back!" Smile.

If you've spent much time at our house or with Sam, you'll know that he loves animals and has for a while. He's not crazy about real ones and isn't anxious to have a pet, but he is becoming more comfortable with them. Wherever he is, his attention is always turned to the animals in his environment. It wasn't hard to decide that he'd have an animal party with an elephant cake. He and I looked online for cake ideas and he found the one that I made for him. If I didn't have fun making these kinds of culinary creations, I would never have attempted it. I did have a plan B just in case things didn't go well and I desired to throw my rolling pin. Wink.

Here's some pics from the cake-creating and this morning's party. This was our first all-out kids' party and was great!

And, here's a short video of the main snippet of the party ... the birthday song and blowing out the candles. I love his smile. Hooray for little boys and hooray for Sam!