Cupcakes rule.
Spiderman leads leaps over blocks as high as their heads
Silly string shoots straight taking turns to build webs on the big old tree
Pizza and fruit salad and chips and dip feed all the old people in shifts
Eyes light up for singing because then comes
Cupcakes
Three flavors of cupcakes and yes to all three
Gifts handed one-by-one and how did they know!
Happy Fourth Birthday, Evan! one more time as guests depart
What are we going to do here for my next birthday, Mom?
The party kept all family and friends of new 4-year-old Evan happy Saturday afternoon in the pretty little neighborhood park a mile or so from his house just outside the city of Syracuse.
This is the first of my entries in the Five Photos Five Series Challenge. My thanks to Amy Rose for nominating me to participate.
Here’s how this challenge works: You Post a photo each day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or a short paragraph that shares your insight or inspiration of or from the image.
Today I nominate LR. Have fun!
Mark Bialczak 
How cute! Evan is adorable!
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He’s a good one, Rachel. 🙂
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He is certainly enjoying that cupcake. Great photo!
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Thanks, Merril. Evan had a great time at his party, lucky little guy.
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What a cutie patootie! Cup cakes make me very happy also! Nice poem, Mr. B. I look forward to your 5 day challenge. 🙂
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Thanks, Mrs. B. Cupcakes are a great think no matter the age, I agree!
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4 is a very good year. 🙂 And I like his free styling cupcake eating.
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Evan is a champ at many things, MBC. Cupcake being one of them, yes. 🙂
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We’ll be seeing 4 next year with little Jack. I hope it looks a lot like this. 🙂
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This would be a a success of the highest order, Rachel. Need our address for the invite? 🙂
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There is nothing better than a little tyke’s birthday, Mark. I loved your playful wording and pictures of all the fun elements of imagination, 3 flavors of cupcakes and Spider-Man!
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Thanks, Robin! Evan is a family friend favorite for Karen and I. We love that little guy.
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To be 4 and to APPRECIATE it. I wasted my youth. Hardly remember the good times at 4. Looks like a fun party.
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Oh, Jay. You are such a cut-up. ❤
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I think many of us would still enjoy a party like this!
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Everything about this is adorable! Happy Birthday to Evan 🙂
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Thanks, PP. He’s a great kid. 🙂
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happy birthday, evan, friend of mark, and you can never have too many kinds of cupcakes )
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Evan is a smart cookie about cupcakes, Beth. Thanks for wishes for the little dude. 🙂
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Happy Birthday Evan! 🙂
Looking at that poem, I may also be turning 4. 😉
Looks like he and everyone had fun! 🙂
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Happy Fouth Birthday, Donna! ❤ I love it when you're young at heart, my dear friend. 😉
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I bet if Evan’s mom answered the ‘what are we going to do for my birthday next year’ question, that Evan will not forget the answer and he’ll hold her to it, Mark! ❤
Diana xo
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Her answer, and I quote, Diana, was the just-perfect: “Let’s get through this birthday first, why don’t we, Evan?” ❤ Thanks, my dear friend!
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Ha! Smart lady!!
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Aw,shucks!!!
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I know, right, Gatorette? Life is great for Even, ain’t it? 🙂
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It is just too cute and reminds me of a lil’ guy here the other half of the fraternal twins (4 y.o.) I have!
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You have two Evans! Wowser wowser wowser. I knew that, but this really puts it in perspective for me, Gatorette. 🙂
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Well Mark my fraternal twins are a boy and a girl (boy is 5 minutes older and lets her know that!). Identical twins can be both girls or both boys. Get with the biology will ya! Hee-Ho-Hum…Terp. By the way I love blogging with you and your DW Karen, she does not say much though… The “Gatorette”.
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I knew all that stuff about fraternal twins, Gatorette. So you have an Evan and an Evanette! Way cool.
Yes, my silent partner Dear Wife Karen as far as BloggyVille goes.
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Okay now that we are on the same page. Phew, I was worrying there for a momento-Terp.
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Aw, cuties! Great photo, Mark
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Thank you, Victoria! The little ones ruled the party yesterday. 🙂
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How I laughed out loud with this post, Mark! Oh what FUN this post is!! To see a face smeared in icing from a cupcake, oh what fun what glee to not be three (anymore)! And you are off to a wonderful start!!! May you fly and much JOY come from out of this challenge, as well as you discovering places in YOU that you didn’t even know about!!! YAY!!!!! Love, AmyRose ❤
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Thank you for your kind words, and for sending me off to soar on my own two winds, my dear cuz to the west. You gave me a great push out of the nest, Amy Rose, and I had this challenge on my mind as I went to Evan’s party with my iPhone 6 yesterday. ❤
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Cuz, feeling the spirit of sadness begin to descend, your words put the GRIN back on my face as I head out the door for a walk with headphones. I was pushed out of the nest too, and YAY!!!! look what I went and done! Now the wheels go round and round and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next! Tee hee ….. ❤ ❤ ❤
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Cuppycakes! I love cuppycakes! ha! Wonderful photo Mark. What a great moment of celebration captured forever. Well done Mark. 😀
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Thank you, Paul. Evan is a champ of a family friend I’m glad to have in our lives forever!
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Dittoing Donna : )
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Thank you, Babe. 🙂
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You’re welcome, Mark.
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LOVE THIS PHOTO
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Thank you, Donna. 🙂
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Thank you, DL! I’ll get on to it straightaway:’)
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Enjoy, LR. I’m looking forward to seeing how you approach this challenge. 🙂
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