Do you think he has a problem??

 Yep, that's 43 Angry Birds.  FORTY-THREE birds residing in our home. Obsessed???

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Birthday Party FUN!

Whoa....this is going to be long!  I just uploaded nearly 40 pictures! 

We celebrated Gavin's 4th birthday with friends on Saturday and, of course, it was ANGRY BIRD themed.  I cannot take credit for any of these adorable ideas. {Well...except the Pin the Crown on the King Hog game, but that's not even cute!}  I found ideas on Pinterest and Etsy, and have to acknowledge The Party Animal Blog for some free printables.  I bought a huge kit of printables from Etsy but the shop is no long available.  :( 

 

This was a cupcake cake from Sam's Club.  They actually messed up my order though....it was just supposed to be an order of regular cupcakes.  Despite the mess this type of cupcake cake makes when trying to separate the cupcakes, everyone loved how it was decorated, especially Gavin, so I guess it's all ok.  :)  And you know who ate all the extra frosting....ME!

Our Birthday Boy!

 

 We played Pin the Crown on the King Hog.  Jarrod had the great idea to use Gavin's hat to cover their eyes.  It was really cute!

 Then we had a 'board' competition.  Jarrod built a board for everyone and they threw as many birds as needed to get all the pigs down.  The kids loved that!

Gavin had a hard time waiting his turn since I didn't let him go first for both games, but he survived!

We also had a pinata.  It was so funny....no one could bust it open.  Even Jarrod tried, but we ended up with a hole at the top that we just poured the candy out of.

As soon as I mentioned presents, the kids were on it!  I didn't even have time to get into the living room with my camera and Gavin already had the first present open.  He got a lot of neat gifts and the other kids loved watching him open them up. 

For the first time in a LONG time, Riley let me just pass her off and Amy was my 'baby-sitter' for the afternoon.  Thanks for being my baby-holder, Amy!

It's cake time!

Mmmm....cupcakes sure are yummy!

And all of this was the day BEFORE his birthday....so more celebrating to come!

You know what time it is?

It's Angry Bird Time!  I can't tell you how many times a day we hear that phrase.  To say that Gavin is obsessed with Angry Birds is an understatement.  At first, I was a little upset that he even learned about it honestly.  I'd paid for all these educational, cute apps on my phone, and all he wanted to play was Angry Birds.  But, the teacher in me knew I could figure out a way to make it work to our benefit.  

Gavin started using his groceries to build boards not long after getting his first Angry Bird from Memaw.  He'd stack the cans, ice cream cones, boxes - anything he could, really - just to knock them over with one quick toss of the bird.  Soon, his collection grew, and we knew exactly what to ask Santa for...big blocks!  Since Christmas, I can't think of a single day that we haven't played Angry Birds, but now we're physically playing, not just on my phone.  

We have to build him a board every night after he goes to sleep to surprise him.  Then, we build boards.  All.Day.Long.   Here are some of his boards - all built by him!  Some of them he even took the picture, so ignore the cropping, etc.

 Last night, he even got creative and took Riley's stacking toy apart to give each bird and pig their own helmet!  We were wondering what he was doing behind the couch...

 To put another spin on things, I started giving him directions and he had to follow them to build his boards.  I'd say, 'Use 3 blue, 4 green, and 6 yellow' and he'd do it.  He loved following the directions so much, that made him a little set of cards so he can pick one and make his board. 

At this rate, we'll definitely be having an Angry Bird 4th birthday party!  He is already asking for his own launcher...  Oh boy!