Carson's 4th Birthday Lego Parties!

Carson's birthday parties went very well last weekend.  Carson picked a Lego theme for his birthday this year, which was a lot of fun to decorate for.  Carson and Mama worked on different projects for a few weeks to use as decorations so that it all tied into the Lego theme.  We made the invitations and party bags, a banner for the window, a Happy Birthday banner for the fireplace, tissue poms to hang in the dining room and kitchen, a birthday balloon wreath for the front door, and Mama  finally made Carson the tablecloth he has been wanting to use for his birthday for the last two years.  Everything turned out really well and looked very nice. 

We did two parties again this year - one on Saturday with Kevin's family and some friends and one on Sunday with Sara's family.  It just seems to work out well this way so that we can actually have a chance to talk with everyone and there are places to sit for everyone, too.  If we did one big party, we'd have around 50 people there at once.  Carson picked the meals for both parties.  He chose tacos for the Saturday party and roast beef with potatoes and carrots for the Sunday party.  The food on both days turned out really good and we had leftovers for the rest of the week, which was nice, too. 

Carson was so excited for both of his parties.  He loves it when his cousins and friends come over to his house to play.  And he just loves seeing them all, in general.  He had so much fun playing with the kids both days and was sad when the parties were over.  He received so many awesome gifts - everyone was more than generous.  He's been enjoying all of his new toys all week.  He got lots of new Legos, which we're making our way through.  He just loves to build Legos and he's quite good at it.  Daddy helps Carson with the bigger sets that have higher age limits, but Carson is able to do quite a lot of them on his own, too. 

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate Carson's 4th birthday with us!!  We all had a lot of fun at the parties!  It is nice to have our house back in order, though, too.  :) 

I forgot to include this in my last post, so I'll include them here.  I interviewed Carson on his birthday and these were his answers at the age of 4, word for word.  It will be fun to see how his answers change over the years. 

** FAVORITES:
Color:  yellow and orange
Toy:  Matchbox cars and track or Legos
Animal:  Panda bear
Song:  Joy to the World, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, and the Zacchaeus song
Book:  anything by Dr. Seuss
TV Show:  Little Einsteins
Game:  Cootie
Fruit:  Grapes
Vegetable:  Green beans
Snack:  Graham crackers (this was news to me... since we never have them in the house :))
Drink:  Chocolate milk made with real milk and Fruitopia
Thing to do Outside:  Playing in the snow - building a snowman and making snow angels
Thing to do at Preschool: to play in the kitchen area and sing songs about Jesus
Holiday: Christmas and the snow season

** What he wants to be when he grows up:  A house builder

** What he's looking forward to most with his baby sister:  Giving her kisses, singing to her, and buying her a dollhouse