Birthday Boy

Bentley's birthday was May 26th. He is my little four year old now and this birthday was the first one that I layed in bed the nights preceeding his birthday and cried because before I know it, he will be getting baptised, holding the priesthood, loving girls that names aren't 'mom', going on a mission and eventually settling down and having his own family. Just typing this is making the tears well up. All I ever wanted to do with my life is be a mom. What will I do with myself when that time in my life is over? Let's not even think about that...
Like all moms, I love my two, sweet little boys more than words can describe. It gives me an idea of how much Heavenly Father loves ALL his children...But that's a whole other post...
ANYWAYS...
My little Bentley had been wanting a 'Batman/Spiderman' Birthday Party. I started thinking of some simple ideas..It seemed pretty easy; there's super hero stuff everywhere! But 2 weeks before his birthday, he went up to Grandma and Grandpa Whitear's house to watch Daddy shoot his bow. He noticed that some of his six year old cousins had bows and he was dying to give it a try. His sweet, Aunt Ayrion taught him how to put the arrow in, pull it back, aim for the target and let it go! He was hooked. That whole night he yelled, "Mommy, I want a bow! Can I have a bow burfday?!" Of course Dallin liked that idea, so a 'Bow Birthday' is what we gave him. I thought maybe it could be a 'Robin Hood' theme..but there was seriously not ONE thing at ANY store that had to do with Robin Hood or archery. I made do. It was pretty simple, but he absolutely LOVED it.

We started the night off with a bbq and letting the kids run wild. I attempted to do a couple Robin Hood games, but Bentley was much more into playing on his own.

Right in the middle of eating, Bentley started ripping open his presents and it was done and over with in 2.5 seconds.

All the boys have pretty funny expressions in this picture.

He got an Iron Man from Grandma and Grandpa Whitear.

He also got a hummer that pulls a trailer from the Schillers, a camo shirt from the Myers family, playdough, and an iron man mask from the nieghbors, some small iron mans with a motorcycle from the Gibsons, a scooter from Grandma Michelle and a BOW and ARROWS (with flat tips) from us.

SPOILED.

This was the best I could come up with as far as a Robin Hood Theme. Some gold coins, sherriff badges and Maid Marrion rings. These huge cupcakes were only about $17 at Costco by the way!

A big smackaroo for Grandma.

It was a 'Bow Burfday' after all, so the kids got to take turns shooting a target.

He is a skilled archery master.

Jace liked his Iron Man stuff too...

All the kiddies took home little knap sacks with their treats.

Bentley had a great birthday, it was just what he wanted. I just love making that kid happy!