Arlo's Super Party

My big boy Arlo turns 4 on April 30th!  Last month I sat down to talk with Arlo about the all important birthday party and what he wanted to do.  This month has been absolutely crazy!  Both Tim and I are in school, Tim has finals coming up soon we have Hawaii, and Arlo's birthday, and trying to get our house finished up and church callings and, and, and!  I feel like life is on a crazy overload and we cannot keep up.  So, while having this conversation with my all too smart 3 year old I was not so subtly trying to convince him that for his birthday party we should go to castles and coasters as a family (something he has wanted to do for a few months now).  Of course since that is what I wanted to do, something with no planning and cleaning involved, that is not what Arlo wanted to do.  Arlo decided that he wanted to have over all his friends and family over for a swimming party.  So, this last weekend we did just that.  It was fun and it was everything Arlo wanted and more.  Here is how it went down.

The night before his party we had Arlo sleep in his brothers room because for his birthday Arlo wanted a superhero room.  So when he woke up this is what he got for his birthday present.

These cute signs say "Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero" and the other is for Cohen, it says "I'm not just a sidekick, I'm also a little brother."

This is his Avenger Comic name.

And what super hero does not need scripture power???

All the pictures are of my boys dressed up as superheros.

I have to admit, it turned out wonderful!!

After nap we had his party.  Complete with presents...

 A Capitan America Shield Cake, the best part is that the cake is the same colors as the frosting!

A pinata filled with candy that Arlo likes (because he still does not like cake).

But Cohen likes cake!  In fact he likes it so much he started to eat the cake that other kids left on their plates.  And when he was done with their cake...

He went straight for the pan.

There was swimming!  It was funny because our pool was up to 82 degrees the weekend before the party, but then we had 4 days of cool weather and rain and our pool dropped in temperature, so the kids swam in 78 degree water.  But they loved it and had a blast!

And of course there was a whole lot of fun!

Thanks everybody who came and helped make this day special!!!!