James's B-day Party!

While Spencer's parents came into town and we celebrated James's birthday on Saturday. He was SO ready! He was telling me all week that he wanted his soccer ball cake and I kept telling him that he had to wait until Grandma and Grandpa were here so he could share it with them. He of course made the cake (with a little help) and I decorated it.

Here it is! I ran out of green and didn't want to mix any more so I just put brown on the edges for mud/dirt.

Not 10 minutes after I finished the cake (Grandma & Grandpa had just arrived) James was too quiet. I asked what he was doing and he said "Um...Just eating cake" in his sing-song voice. He had been waiting long enough!

Grandma is a little camera shy. I wanted a picture of James & Grandma and this is what I got.

This is pretty cool, it's a motorcycle with wheels but it's a BOOK. Cool, huh? James loves motorcycles.

Cake is after gifts...he's waiting so patiently!

Gift from Grandma & Grandpa Bassett

It's a Lightning McQueen bag with all sorts of games in it like dominos, 3 different cards, bingo, and a few more. He loves it.
My Mom is very musically inclined and she has a tradition of giving harmonicas to her grandchildren. I wasn't sure what age she did that at but I was pleasantly surprised to see that he got one. He loves it.
Already a pro...
...and lovin' it!

I told James he could put the candles on wherever he wanted to. Look how straight he put them...and right on the top. I thought they'd be scattered.
Grandpa Jones playing the harmonica...he's got talent!
We lit the candles so that we could sing to him...before we got started he'd blown them out so we lit them again and told him he had to wait until we sing. Here his is waiting so patiently.
Make a wish!
(I bet I can guess what his wish was)
Finally!!! His wish comming true (if I assume correctly).
Check out that bite!

He has one more present that wasn't quite ready (charged) so it waited until Sunday.