McCoy is our adventurous jokester. He loves to take things apart or run many scientific tests to see at which point it will break, spill or come crashing down. He is full of energy and this can be both good energy running around like crazy or the energy it takes to throw an amazing tantrum. Nonetheless, he can always make me laugh and smile. He is very intelligent and has great timing in his one-liner jokes. And he loves to say "I love you mom" out of the blue and HAS to be touching as we drift off to sleep for nap time. He turned 4 on January 31!
For his actual birthday, we went to Boondocks with Azure and played some mini-bowling, played on the playground and rode the mini-carousel and had fun winning tickets. Since we went during school, there was no one playing laser tag, so he got to play against one of the workers. He LOVED it.
That night we had cupcakes and he opened presents from family.
It's was McCoy's turn this year to have a friend birthday party. After some deciding, he finally settled on a carnival theme! Perfect for 4 year olds!!!
Chad and I made a roller coaster cake - per request from McCoy.
Here's the party crew - one was a bit late, so he didn't get in this shot.
We had setup about 6 carnival type games for them to play: bucket toss, ring toss, tower knockdown, ball pit, pin drop, and the squirt gallery where they used a squirt gun to knock down rubber duckies. They got prizes after each game and collected them in plastic popcorn buckets. Chad's siblings attending BYU were here to help run some games and it was so nice!!
While cake eating, each person had a chance to get their face painted. Chad had some energetic 4 year olds as his canvas, but he did well. :-) The kids were so serious when I took their pictures.
Happy Birthday to McCoy! May you never stop exploring and discovering!!
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