Fair Family of Four: It's all about the Colin man...

This year, Colin's birthday was different in a few ways. One, he planned most of the day with a little help. Two, we kept his party intimate. And, lastly, it was more about celebrating him and his growth than about pampering him with presents and sugary treats. We did this by going to the places he wanted to go and involving him in the planning of all of the aspects of his birthday. He helped me plan his cake, choose balloons, and plan what we would have at each meal of the day. He wanted to spend the morning at the Science Center to see the dinosaurs, then a lunch of peanut and jelly sandwiches. After his nap, we would have a piece of his cake when Dad got home from work and open his present (his tent did not arrive on time). Then we would all play together until a dinner of pizza (pepperoni and black olive) and watch the movie Cars. It all went well as you can see by the tons of pictures below.

This is my baby only about a day old.

Colin the day before his first birthday.

Colin's second birthday - breakfast out with Dad before he had to go to work.

Colin, just about two weeks ago. My how he's grown!

I just had to put this picture of bugs in. We got this container of bugs at Target yesterday, on sale. I came into the living room and saw this masterpiece! Look how he has arranged them neatly in this wooden box. He has always been my little organizer, but I thought this was artistic. The lady bugs and dragonflies seem especially organized.

The day began with Colin and Audrey here.

He DOES love his sister. He's kissing her.

Now he is showing and telling her what is going on with the road construction near the Science Center.

Can you see he is hesitant to get too close to the dinosaurs! We sat at the little reading corner for quite a while reading about them after this picture was taken.

They ran ALL over the place - all three floors!

We stopped for balloons at Schnuck's on the way home. The car ride with both of them was interesting, to say the least! It kept Audrey from falling asleep and ruining her nap.

I made his race car cake while he napped. I think it turned out pretty nicely. Colin helped me by the little cars yesterday (he picked them out) and we looked on the internet for ideas. The frosting is sugar free and the cake is made from many whole wheat muffin mixes.

Can't help but lick off SOME frosting!

He would NOT let us sing Happy Birthday to him, so we just went right to blowing out the candle. Later, he asked us to sing it to him during his bath. Crazy preschoolers!