Happy Birthday Little Buddy!

Where does the time go? Theo is no longer a toddler but a full fledged preschooler and now 4! He seems so big. He is still our joyful boy, though watch out when he doesn't get enough sleep. He is so gentle and loving with Gabriel, listens and plays nicely with Maddie and loves nothing more than to give the biggest strongest hugs.

We were excited to celebrate him and his friend Sam at the Windsor Club with a special bear hunt party.

The invites

My friend Denise is a party planner extraordinaire. I was actually hesitant to plan a party with her as I was still feeling crummy and I knew how it could get out of control. No fear - it was fun and fairly easy to plan. We had personalized buckets with bear hats, bear pouches, bear food - goldfish, an animal mix CD with the cutest label on it, and personalized bear hunt t-shirts. (Now that I type it out it does seem a tad excessive - sigh.)

The piece de resistance was having Brian come to do creative movement. Theo LOVES Brian and looks forward to every Friday at Bowen when Brian comes to teach his class movement. Brian is young, fun, crazy yet stern. The kids listen and follow directions when he speaks. And one of his weekly activities is Going on a Bear Hunt hence our party theme.

Maddie was very excited to celebrate Theo. She made 25 origami bear hunt "purses" for the goodie bags, decorated with little scenes on the outside. Unfortunately, her spacey mama left them at home.

Attentively listening to Brian.

This is a game where one team knocks down the cones and the other team has to set them up.

Playing another favorite - messy backyard.

Theo and Sam

Going on a bear hunt!

Maddie and her friend Taraneh

Our bear hunt mountain cake

Back row: Max, Ency, Nathan, Ian, Scotty, Taraneh, Bijan, Davis

Front row: Natalie, friend of Sam, Sam, Theo, Maddie, Emma, Georgia, Caroline, Hilary

Hooray for Theo and Sam!