Foreman Wyatt Turns Four!

We had Wyatt's birthday party on Saturday.  We had such a great time and are so lucky to have so many great friends to celebrate these events with.  People here in Oki have become like family because, well, none of us have any here :)

Wyatt wanted a construction theme this year, and Tommy went all out buying stuff online to get shipped over here in time for the party.  This was his contribution since he was originally scheduled to be gone but as luck would have it, we were so thankful that he was able to be here to celebrate too!  Actually, I am not sure I would have been able to pull this whole thing off without his help - he mowed the lawn, set up all the inflatibles (correctly!), filled the coolers, and picked up the cake and food while I was cleaning and decorating!  Oh, and did I mention finding and picking up the GENERATOR for the party? Yes, that too!

Why, you ask, did we need a generator?  To make Foreman Wyatt's birthday party just like a "real" construction site, of course!  :) Just kidding.  Actually, we received word the morning before the party that there would be a day-long power outage in our housing area on Saturday.  AWESOME.  After a brief freak-out spell, I decided power wasn't really necessary for the party since it was all going to be outside anyway.  Except that the "entertainment" (see below... a huge water slide!) did actually need power to keep the slide blown up and water flowing.  Enter the generator... but that is a story for another day.  And that, my friends, is quite the story!

But back to the party.  Wyatt and his buddies had a BLAST on this slide that my friend Lindsey let us use.  Seriously - so much fun!  Up, down, up, down, up, down, feet first, head first, on the belly, on the back, you name it, they tried it!  I bet each kid went down that thing a hundred times!
 
We also had a "make your own hardhat" station, which was cute and fun.  We rolled the dice and won with the weather... it was forecast to rain and it did briefly in the morning but was all sunshine for the party.  WHEW!  Not a lot of options when you have no electricity/air conditioning and it is raining at a pool party, so glad that worked out for us. :)

Next up was the Pinata (shaped like a construction hard hat)... the kids had a great time whacking at it and Tommy's family jewels are still alive and well.  So all in all, a successful venture!

Then it was time for the cake.  Wyatt LOVED this cake.  It was all we could do to keep him from "playing" with the trucks before the party and he begged and begged me to do the cake first.  It was so much fun seeing his little eyes light up when we all sang Happy Birthday.  He had fun blowing out the candles, which were shaped like little orange construction cones, which he insisted on placing on the cake himself!

He tore open his presents in about 3 minutes flat.  Seriously... I was a bit overwhelmed.  So thankful that Beth and Nancy jumped in to help write down who gave what gift!  Then, of course, the kids had a blast playing with all the new toys and yet more sliding in the pool.  Such a fun day with fun friends!!