Dallas & Malachi: Malachi's 4th Birthday

This year I decided to go all out on Malachi's birthday. This was the first year that he fully comprehended the concept of a birthday and looked forward to it. A matter of fact, he had asked me just about every day for the past month, "is it my birthday today? is it tomorrow? am I 4 yet?" That's also about the time I started planning and preparing for Malachi's birthday. It was actually Malachi's idea for the birthday theme. Malachi came to me one day once he found out that his birthday was on horizon and told me that he wanted dress up as batman for his birthday. My thoughts were, why not? So I took his idea and blew it up and with a little help from some other parents who were nice enough to post in forums about their successful birthday parties thrown. I decided that we would have a super hero party and all the kids could wear super hero costumes.

The the invitations are what really got me motivated. I put the batman emblem on front of invitation with top secret document imprinted and then on the inside it read:

(in case anyone wants to use the idea - it was sooo cute!)

Do you think you have the skills that are vital to be a Super Hero League (SHL) member? I think you do! I, Malachi, am inviting you to my secret super hero training facility to see if you have what it takes to become a super hero. The fortress of solitude is conveniently located at Mountain's Edge Exploration Park, just 1 mile north of the bat cave. Training begins at 1500 hours on April 5th. Please come in you super hero uniform and be prepared to work hard. PS Since telepathy is not one of my powers please call my super mom aka Dallas XXXX to RSVP at 702-XXX-XXXX.

PPS If your arch nemesis has stolen your uniform just tie a pillow case around your neck and use your mom's mascara to make a mask.

I hand made super hero metals for all of Malachi's birthday guests and attached them to their gift bags. They were a big hit! Malachi had fun helping me pass them out after we played games.

I got a pretty darn awesome cake from Sam's Club. They were a great sport and helped me by themeing the cake with super heroes. I had the main cake decorated in Batman, Malachi's favorite.

Here's the star of the party... none other than BATMAN aka Malachi!!! with my mama, the real super mom!

Malachi had lots of guests and they all looked so adorable in their costumes. Introducing......

Super Woman aka Brooke...

Superman aka Cody...

Lil Batgirl aka Kaylin...

Pink Batgirl made an appearance aka Miss Ashley...

My cousin's kiddos were able to make it. I love these lil men, Aiden and Cameron...

Wonder Woman aka Miss Kaitlin...

Super Baby Parker even made an appearance. I even got to see the lil man awake!

Malachi got several GREAT gifts and no duplicates, which is always a bonus. He got everything from batman toys, costumes, and cars to musical instruments, books and educational toys.

My sister got Malachi his very first mini skateboard. Thank goodness he got knee and elbow pads to go along with. My mom was already teaching him how to do tricks (my mom was quite the skateboarder back in her day). My thoughts were, can he just learn how to skate on it first without falling?

ARRR! Me Harty! ~ Malachi got a cool pirate costume that he almost immediately traded in for batman. Justin and he have this almost weird bond when it comes to pirates. It's very cute!

After we cleaned up and got everything home, Malachi started to go through and play with a lot of his new things. I, on the other hand made myself a drink and had some much needed put my feet up adult time. Justin however joined Malachi in the fun.

Adults winding down after a fun filled birthday.