four

Our sweet, wild and crazy Levi was 4 on August 12 so, of course, we had to spend the day celebrating!  He was sure he wanted a Power Rangers Samari birthday and so that is what he got!  My cake skills were a little off for this birthday so his cake didn't turn out exactly as expected, but he loved it just the same.  (I think it's because I tried to go easy and use a sugar sheet (thanks LeAnna!) instead of design my own.haha)

We started the day by heading to Mark's store to get a few things done, to give Levi the presents from us and Isaiah, a Ipad call to Grandma Michele and Great Grandma Mary and for lunch (McDonald's, of course).  I love the excited, surprised looks on his face when he opened presents.  Although he is so c.r.a.z.y. he really is a genuinely sweet and thankful little boy.

Then it was time to head back home to play - I don't think Levi could have been happier about the wet, muddy day.  There's nothing like a few hours in the rain, with a dump truck and your big brother!

While at the party store getting decorations for the party, Levi picked out Power Ranger tattoos.  I didn't look very carefully at them, but assumed the party package would be enough to give each guest a tattoo - well on the day of the party, I realized they were not individual nor could I really cut them to be - so the boys each put on about 10 each!  They also insisted that Titus get one too - no surprise that they picked their least favorite ranger (the green ranger) to put on him! :)

Levi was soooooooooooo excited when it was time to go to his party - he insisted on having a laser tag party - even over the jumpy house, chuck e cheese, or the park.  Even though I knew he would last about 20 minutes with laser tag, I went with it.  He was thrilled with the decorations (we hung Power Ranger things from the ceiling, you can kind of see in the bottom right picture) and the big poster game like pin the tail on the donkey (which now hangs in the big boys' room).

We played laser tag for a little while...

Then it was time for the pinata! This too now hangs in the boys' room since it was the pull the ribbon kind and was not broken with a bat! 

The kids were still so excited, but weren't exactly ready to play laser tag anymore, so after pizza they ran around playing Power Rangers for quite awhile! 

We eventually played a little more laser tag and of course had to eat the cake (which took another hit as Levi opened the cake lid and smashed part of it :) and open some presents.

What a fun day celebrating our four year old Levi James.  Happy Birthday big boy!