Aidan Turns 4!

Happy Birthday, Aidan!

This year, Aidan chose a cupcake birthday cake from a book that Grandma June gave to me.  It's the book called "What's Up, Cupcake?" and is very popular.  It also became popular at our house, since who doesn't like things that look good and taste yummy as well?  So he choose the sports car, and we made it yellow instead of red, and the cupcakes out of banana bread.  Turned out okay, although not as classy as the one in the cookbook.  ;)

Aidan blew out his candles with gusto, but people managed to eat the cupcakes, anyway.  He's the one who picked out the pink candles, and who am I to gender segregate colors??

Linda and Auntie Marilyn came for his party, and so did our awesome neighbors with their two fun boys.  We are so lucky to have good neighbors AND ones with kids!

Aidan got a very cool shield from his Papa, this year.  Shane made it out of a cutting board, which he cut into a circle, riveted on some belt loops and burned in an A.  Lucas was a little envious.  But his birthday will be here shortly, so not to worry!

Shane and I were both tickled about using the "genuine relic" tag part of the belt. =)

I made Aidan a cape to go with his new gear and it is really great about swooshing when he turns around fast.  I still have to put an "S" on the back for super.  Aidan won't agree to an "A".

He was a lucky boy, because he got a(nother) trampoline for his birthday as well as all kinds of sugar from the grandparents, family and friends.  Some may recall that our last trampoline blew over some trees in our yard, snapping them off and finally landed, tearing the metal posts completely apart.  The new tramp is chained down to heavy concrete weights.  =)  We learn.