Five. count em’. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

ian is 5 years old!!!

 

I can’t hardly believe it.  but it’s true.  he’s 5.  he chose a robot theme for his birthday party and carin ran with it! 

the invite:

Moveable arms and legs attached with a “screw” brad.  Lots of cut out pieces and glueing.  after several late nights and calling in Amanda for an all nighter, Carin admitted her creation might have been a bit more work than she anticipated.  no matter, the invites got in the mail and in at least one case, the small one loved it so much that he spent the rest of the day playing with his new robot toy,  talking like a robot and walking like a robot.

and the cake!: 

emulating the invite, this robot boast 5 cake mixes, 7 pounds of powdered sugar, 2 pounds of butter, and 15 eggs.  and untold minutes of construction!  We have slinky arms and legs and a cake plate that looks like robot legs!

and there was CAKE POPS!

silver, green and orange pops in a galvanized bucket on a spring (i neglected to get that part of it in a pic) and in a silver paint can as well as in little orange and green buckets for the guests table.  The little stick tags had the number 5 and some gear images or said Thank You in a robot font.

and of course, there was PRESENTS!

arranged on top of the quilt carin made.  We again were behind on schedule and didn’t get the binding attached or sewed down but……that’s life right?!?!  I’ll do a separate post on the details of the quilt- you know because of my self imposed 10 picture maximum per posting!

Ian was quite the little host.  He called everyone to come and eat pizza, was enthusiastic about each gift (even the batteries!), and had hugs and smiles for everyone!

ian in robot mode

“humanoids!  Come eat cake!”

Ian on his way to preschool with his birthday treats!

 

 

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