FOUR years

Somehow, William has turned 4 already!  Unbelievable.  We celebrated his birthday last Saturday.  He requested the same party we always throw...backyard bouncy house party.  The blow up fun house arrived on Friday, so we got some extra bouncing fun in.  Will's friends played along and dressed up in their superhero gear, it was awesome.  I like that Henry went for the Super-Luke-Skywalker look.  It works.

SuperSteven!  Or is it Captain Steven?

And we were surprised with a visit from SuperGrann and SuperPoppi!  That wig on my dad is still cracking me up...and creeping me out a little.  They definitely won the prize for playing along!  It was awesome.

Even little J got into the spirit.  That's Matt's Superman onesie from his first Halloween.  Nice one, Nicole!

So, when we were discussing possibilities for Will's birthday, Will told me he wanted a Superman cake.  And then he also told me he wanted 2 cakes.  "A Superman cake and a January cake, Mommy."  Wait, what's a January cake?  While in Dallas recently, my dear friend Alison lent me this amazing vintage Wilton superhero cake pan from 1977.  Clearly, I had to use it.

Superman needs his gun while he eats his birthday lunch.  I came back to get his plate, and found that the chips, popcorn and cheese were gone, one bite had been taken from his Chick-fil-A nugget, and the grapes were untouched.  Classic Will.

Lots of hijinks in the bouncy house.

Adorable children eating their lunch.

It came to cake time and Will was all smiles.  He was beaming as everyone serenaded him, and he looked at all the singing, smiling faces with great pleasure.

I felt a little weird cutting through Superman.  This is me going "Aaaahhhhh!!!" all gruesome-like.  Superman was a strawberry cake per Will's request, and the Superman logo cake was white per my request.  :)

Henry likes cake!  So does Joy.

The Batman pinata took a beating.  The little guys went first, and then one of the big boys finished it off.  I think it was Luke.  And then they all pounced.

The party died down, Will opened his presents, and then I was able to convince him to take a nap.  And then we had our after-party family bouncing fun.  Very enthusiastic as you can see.

I LOVE these guys.  They are super fun.

This is my favorite from the day.  Matt gets his easy, natural posing skills from his devastatingly handsome father.

Steven and his boys.

And, it always ends in wrestling.  It was a pretty great day celebrating our William Henry.