Christmas at the Nature House

Jonathan is 4!

The baby boy who was born on a snowy afternoon 4 years ago had a snowy birthday this weekend.  Luckily a few cherished friends braved the weather and celebrated with us!

 Chocolate chocolate cake (J is a chocolate lover).  The kids helped decorate with the chocolate chip squares around the bottom, and choosing the perfect truck for the top.

 That dump truck is full of pretzels, which my boy chose for the party. It's his favorite snack, and this boy is crazy about snacks!

 Dorathea helping us get ready.  Look I'm almost done with this art and photo wall!  Do you notice a little gap in that smile?

Despite his serious look here this boy was so happy the whole party long.  He greeted each guest, young and old with a jump.  He begged to eat cake and open presents.   Each guest did a great job picking out thoughtful little things that he loved and has really gotten some use out of.  There was a sand table from Nana and Papa, Spike the dragon from us (Dorathea begged us to get it for him), a tent with a tunnel from clever Lydia, a vintage book called Jonathan is 4 

and superhero lego set from Elektra, a couple of big dinosaurs from Doug and Karen (which is good because most of the dinosaurs have gotten lost in the garden), and two firetrucks from Issac and Eden Semones.  Thank you all for coming and making our celebration fun!

sweet boy.  As he would say, "My love him"