Friday, March 23, 2012

Ethan is 7!

An alternate title for this post could be, "Wow! Time sure flies..."

Ethan posing with his Lego cake! He really liked his cake this year!

Ethan and Aaron alternate years having a birthday party with friends over, and this year was Ethan's turn.  (Andrew and Hannah will alternate, too.  This cuts way down on my party bill...)  He really, really wanted to have his party at the park this year, so that is what we planned to do.  When we sent out the invitations, the forecast was for a high of 70 and sunshine all day.  With 3 days until party day, the forecast was for a high in the 50's with 100% chance of rain. :( I made an executive decision to move the party to our house.  The problem with that being that I hadn't planned for any activities or things to occupy the kids during the party since we would be at the park! What on earth was I going to do with 10 children for 2 hours???  Thanks to Pinterest, I knew we would do a Lego Party.  (Yea for Pinterest to the rescue!!)
I downloaded a Lego font to print up the decorations and prizes.  It was so cute!

We ended up with a Lego cake, that was pretty awesome, Lego games, and Lego prize bags!


Lego Bunting  for decorations!  Ethan thought this was the best - it is still up! :)


Lego toss...

This game was hilarious to watch! The kids had to suck Legos to the end of their straw and drop them in their bowls - no hands allowed!  The poor, two girls - they weren't bold enough to shove their way in between the boys to get more Legos and lost. :(

A row of mom's watching the fun.  I am so blessed to have good friends with children the same age as mine!!

Blowing out the candles!

Overall, the party was a success, but I didn't have enough planned to fill the time.  There was some wild play in the un-filled time, but no one got hurt, thank goodness.

4 comments:

Johanna said...

I cannot believe I didn't get a picture of the Lego prize bags!! I made cute Lego straws for them, and got Lego candies that I put in bags that I made a Lego label for, too. Oh, well.

Joanna said...

So cute! I made cakes like that for my cousin a couple of years ago. Did you see the one I pinned on Pinterest today? Good job, Jo!

Unknown said...

Awesome cake!!! Theme parties are the best

kasino said...

happy bday
very cool cake and party
very nice blog and thanks for info

go green


thanks very much from me

kasino and friends