these are a few of Reed's favorite things

 Hey, Mr. 4 year old.






We planned Reed's birthday party a week after his birthday which ended up only fueling Reed's  notion that his birthday is a whole month long. "Is it still my birthday, mom?"  Well, kind of!




For a perfect birthday party for Reedo, he needed his best friends, a swimming pool, pizza, and spider-man decorations.  We aim to please, and so...


We signed Reed up for a party where we swam for one hour and then ate pizza and cake and opened presents and acted silly for the second hour.

 I can't tell you how much pleasure Reed got out of these Spiderman plates.  He carried the packages of plates around for hours before the party

No, I did not make this cake.  I thought Reed would love a professional Spiderman cake, but the bakery could not do a Spiderman cake due to copyright issues, and it turns out, I totally could have pulled off a Spiderweb cake.  Live and learn.

Reed + Kristian = much love and much trouble

The whole crew: Reed's very favorite kids.

He covers his ears when he gets really excited.

waiting for his fork.

This expression says:  I might die of happiness.

a dino pillow pet is a beautiful thing.

Killian and his very serious hero.







Happy Birthday (again) to Reed.  And though Reed doesn't know it yet, that really was the end of his birthday until next year.