With every birthday that our kids have had, I have tried to make each one special and memorable. Now that they're older, they definitely have an idea of what they want! Jeremy told me a few months ago that he wanted to have a "space" birthday party. I searched online for all kinds of ideas- thank goodness for the internet! We feel incredibly blessed to have many friends who have boys all around Jeremy's age. 
As soon as the boys arrived, they had "Launch Preparation" in which they decorated paper rockets with stickers. Afterwards, they had to "Gear Up" by getting ready with jetpacks that Jason and I made for each boy. We headed towards the empty lot next to our home to the "Rocket Launch." I am lucky that Jason is so handy- he found directions online on how to build a rocket launcher using an air compressor. We had the boys take turns launching their rockets. Unfortunately, since some of the rockets had been made with Scotch tape as opposed to packaging tape, some of them exploded in the air due to the air pressure- some boys were on the verge of tears! Oops! It was very cool and exciting to see some of the rockets launched into the air. Boys young and old enjoyed themselves!
After the rocket launch, the boys played a game called Alien Attack using nerf guns. While waiting for our "Pizza Planets" to arrive, the boys got a chance to play while we sat and chatted with friends.
Here is Jeremy with his rocket cake. He absolutely loved it- in fact, he had gotten up first that morning, and had tried to sneak some of it. When I saw it a while later, parts of the frosting and outline were missing and I had to do some rocket repairs!
We are so thankful to have this amazing little-big boy in our lives! Our Bear is a goofy jokester with a great sense of humor, is passionate, intelligent, caring and endearing. We love him so incredibly much- happy 4th birthday to our Jere-Bear!
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