**For those with Google Reader, you probably saw this post last night. I deleted it because the text was all wacky. Is anyone else having blogger problems?? I can't put text between pictures for some reason, so here it is, all up front:**
Last weekend we headed to El Paso to throw our 3-year-old his Superhero birthday party! Below is the invitation that went out. Stone was Green Lantern. The theme was Superheroes, and everything was green. We were a little superhero family. Cliff was Wolverine (grew out his chops--side burns--and all), I was Bat Girl (although Stone kept begging me to be Wonder Woman), and Emerson was Cat Woman.
Before his party, he kept saying, "I'm SO excited". Then, the first guest arrived (Cliff's grandpa), and Stone came running in, hiding in his tent. I asked what was wrong, and he said, "I'm SO shy!" Say what?! We all KNOW he doesn't get that from me!
It didn't take him long to warm up to the guests.
{The day before his party, Kevin (Cliff's dad) surprised him with a giant jumping castle. It was AWESOME. This thing kept getting bigger and bigger as it was inflated. That day, Stone went swimming with my dad (and did front flips off the diving board ALL BY HIMSELF), headed back to the Jessups to jump in the castle for a couple hours, then swam in a little pool at the Jessups. He then uttered words I NEVER thought I'd hear...."Mama. I'm DONE." And then he crashed. There's a first time for everything.}
Back to the party--Stone got awesome gifts from everyone, had a blast in the jumping castle, ate way too much candy, and ended the night with sparklers. Cliff's dad made enough food to feed a {large} army, and as usual, it was FABULOUS! THANK YOU, KEVIN!
A BIG thanks to everyone who came. It was an awesome party, and the next day, Stone asked if we could do it all over again. It's going to be a tough party to top!
