"My Ha-wo-ween Buhf-day Pah-tea"

Matthew's 4th birthday party was held a few days before his actual birthday. We started the day off opening a gift sent from Mike in China...he got him the Littlest Pet Shop Playhouse! Such a huge smile!


The cupcake tower - black sugar and gummy tarantulas decorate these yummy chocolate cupcakes :)


Dining room with spooky spiderwebs...

Graveyard dip...complete with tombstones and ghosts (click to enlarge and read the tombstones)...

The birthday boy tuckered out a half hour BEFORE the party even started! Poor little guy had a bad headache...this is how I found him :(

Watermelon brain!

The birthday boy, his brother and friends Hunter and Keli...

Grandmapa and witchy Mom...

Party chaos at present time...

Our oldest and youngest guests have a bonding moment...

Some of the distinguished guests included Grandma and Grandpa, Grandma June, Auntie Brit, NanaDee and PapaRobin; Mindy, Glenn, Noah and Nathan; Pop, Uncle Jon and Auntie Mel...and of course the friends from the previous picture...Hunter and Keli...(Andrew's best buds from kindergarten last year)

I love this picture because you can see the sugar-fiend in the background attempting to snatch another cupcake...

Witches brew taking shape...

This was SO cool!

The pinata was super fun! That sucker took a LOT of whacks before it cracked! Even still, Matthew ended up hanging from his feet to get the candy to drop!

Andrew had some great hits, but no success!

Matthew gave it his best :)

Scared Auntie Mel in the background!


Grandma Jen takes a swing...

The monster won (took her stick!)

FINALLY! Look at the super happy faces - love it!

The leftover dry ice kept Jon busy for about 3 hours...fun to watch his experiments! Best 99 cents ever spent!

Overall, a wonderful party. Birthday boy got rid of his headache in time to enjoy his guests and gifts! He got EVERYTHING he wished for and more. During the morning, as Andrew and I were prepping, he kept thanking us for his party - it was so sweet! His gratitude and appreciation were beyond his years...I was more than happy to do anything I could to see him smile. And, I'll do it again next year. :)