Jack's 5th Birthday Party

I can't believe we are two days away from having a 5 year old! Where did the time go? I guess all I have to do is look around to see...three little boys (or four boys if you count the biggest one) who fill my heart and my world with more happiness than I ever thought imaginable.

We had a Star Wars/Clone Wars themed birthday party this year and it was so much fun!

Jack has such great friends. I'm so thankful that he has developed these great buddies so young. We only had about 5 boys here but it was the perfect amount. And they had so much fun. We had a bouncy out back but with all the fun toys Jason bought for them to play with, they barely used it. Luckily the neighborhood kids were over this evening to play in it with Jack and Ethan!

Above is the Darth Vadar pinata that we filled with candy. Hop them up on sugar and send them home was the plan. Unfortunately, we didn't take into account Ethan. He didn't take a nap and then had juice and cake and was oh-so cranky!!

Below is the big bouncy!

Jason bought Nerf Dart guns for the boys to shoot at each other and I found blow-up/light-up light sabers for them to play with and take home. Needless to say, the 4/5 year old boys had a blast!!

Each kid grabbed a piece of ribbon and pulled - much better than hitting with a stick! Then we had Star Wars cups for the kids to fill up with candy.

It was every man for himself!

Carson and his candy!

Zach and his candy!

Walker and his candy!

Jack's best friend Bryce and his candy!

Ethan head first down the slide (he can now climb up the steps on the side and then make his way down the slide, but Daddy is always out there with him).

Jack and his candy!

Present time!

We got a kick out of Walker's t-shirt!

Jack got lots of Star Wars Legos and then Mommy and Daddy gave him one of his presents, an At-At, which he LOVED!

Wyatt and Ethan were ready for bed by the end of the evening but we had to pry Jack away from his toys....

Jack spent all morning today working on his Star Wars Legos. He started off on his own but I eventually helped out (Jason was off fishing - I mean doing "physical therapy" in his kyak on the lake).

Jack said it was the best birthday ever!

We spent a lovely evening (nice and cool - finally) out back playing in the bouncy before we had to pack it up to return tomorrow.

Pig Pile!!!

Comments

Jason Houghton said…

Great post, Ellen! You sound so happy and your family seems like it's doing great. It was a lot of fun spending time with you guys the last couple weeks - we miss you. But we'll be seeing you again in November.

October 13, 2010 at 5:57 PM

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