Little Man is turning FIVE!

Little Man turns 5 in a few days, and today he had his first ever "friend" party. Three little friends came over for a snowman party, and MAN, did we have fun!!!!! It was truly a blast! And I am so grateful for the opportunity to give this sweet boy a super fun party (especially since, you know, he is presumably the last 5 year old we'll have! sniff sniff). If my husband were still unemployed a party probably would have been out of the question. Just one more reason to be thankful for his job!

First they made little edible snowmen out of marshmallows (choc chips for eyes and buttons, candy corn for nose, twizzlers for the scarf, pretzel sticks for arms, and vanilla frosting holding everything together with a toothpick down the middle for extra stability). They each made one to eat right away, and one to take home. They needed help, of course, but did a great job!





Then we played "pin the nose on the snowman" ~ it was so much fun to watch their enthusiasm. These boys got along GREAT!


This little friend is also Little Man's second cousin. We only see him a few times a year, but it is usually at the cottage so we have lots of shared summer memories. Little Man ADORES him and they had great fun together.


This little friend you may recognize from my co-op pictures. We get to see him every Friday!


And this little friend is just two months younger than Little Man ~ they have known each other all their lives (their dads have known each other since junior high!). We love our get togethers with his family!


After presents, we had snowman cake.


The nose was 5 orange candles put together to look like a carrot.


All together, those candles made a really big flame!




Then for our grand finale, we played with SNOW! INSIDE! I found this snow powder at Timberdoodle (which, sadly, they appear to no longer carry) that you just add water to and it turns into snow, and I knew it would be perfect for our planned snowman party. It was a HUGE hit!!




We put a painter's drip cloth down on our living room floor, and they turned it into a big slip and slide!



Clean up took awhile, but it was worth it. :-) Each boy got a tube of snow powder to take home. Their parents are going to love me, don'tcha think?!



Here are the 4 little friends. (the one on the left was striking a super hero pose)

And us with our Little Man, who is growing up SO fast! We love you Little Man!