Zach Turns 4

Zach's birthday was Sept. 16th. He is now a big 4 year old! Whoa! How did that happen?? Anyway, these are some pictures from his birthday party at the park. Same place we had his party last year, and it has worked out great both times. This was the first year he was allowed to invite friends to his party too, so he asked 3 friends from preschool to join us. He is definitely growing up! Anyway, in case you couldn't tell, we started off the festivities (after running around and playing in the park) with a pinata. Here's the birthday boy taking his first swing.
Trying again...
The party-goers (plus some random tagalongs from the park!) waiting their turns.

Abby, getting a piece of it!
And it broke! (no, not from Abby! I believe Jasmine made the final blow) It's amazing how exciting getting candy is for kids!
Miss Abby, working on a sucker and sporting her pinata shades and soccer ball whistle.
Cake time! He chose the football cake from Costco....it was kinda fun to let him pick out the picture he wanted, along with the cake type (white or chocolate) and filling. He went with white cake with strawberry filling. It was quite good too!
Getting ready to blow out his candles.

And finally, PRESENTS! He got so many wonderful gifts and we are so grateful for them. Especially now that the weather is changing, it is so nice to have some new things to play with inside the house. I'm sure all of you moms know what I mean!
More good stuff.
His cool new UO hat from Grandma and Grandpa Stapleton, and some fun new PJ's.
Woody and Jessie dolls. He LOVES them!
Our family! Happy Birthday Zachary! We sure love you!