Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts

Sunday, December 6, 2009

A Super Hero Birthday Party

William is 4! This year, he wanted a Super Hero Birthday Party...and since he likes Superman and Spiderman and Batman .. and he couldn't decide between them - we decided to have a Super Hero School where our friends could learn how to be like Superman, Batman, and Spiderman. We invited the boys in William's preschool class and our two next door neighbors...so we had 8 little boys in all. Each boy received a personalized super cape, mask, arm bands, and t-shirt. We had some fun games and activities, a wonderful cake thanks to DreamCakes, and tons of fun with our family and friends! Here are some highlights:
William's Grandmother painted this adorable Superman Sign for a cute photo op. Before the boys...
Loved his cake - the bottom layer is chocolate (his fave), top two layers were white, butter cream icing with a fondant Super William cape down the side.
The jumper was his big birthday gift from grandparents! Thank you ... thank you.. thank you.
This was the Kryptonite Catch game... we told the boys that Superman needs to be saved from Kryptonite...and the green balloons were suppose to represent Kryptonite...they had to fill their "lead bags" with Kryptonite in order to save Superman.
This activity was learning how to spin a web like Spiderman. The object was to hit the moving red balloon...but they had more fun aiming at William's sister, Conner Beth!
The Stolen Cake
As we got ready to sing Happy Birthday, two villians ran through the kitchen a "stole" our cake. (I had secretly moved the real cake into the laundry room and replaced it with this cardboard replica made by sister.) Then, we instructed the boys to save the party and the cake by stopping the villians with silly string! What fun! This was William's favorite part of the party - he had no idea it was going to happen.
Thanks to our villians - who are sweet girls in real life, Conner Beth and our neighbor, Megan.
Our birthday boy with the real cake! :)
Party favors - I painted little wood pegs from Hobby Lobby to look like those old fashioned Fisher Price guys. Each one has a Super Guy - personalized to look like the little boy attending the party...and then three other randoms imaginary super heroes.
Our party gang!

NOTE: I've stared a new creative blog with my sister - Eat Pray Party! - with inspiration for real life. It's a place where real moms can submit recipes, real parties, and prayer requests. Please check it out. We're just starting and would love to have your suggestions!

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Mercy Me - Conner Beth is 11

For Conner Beth's 11th birthday, she had the idea of inviting the girls in her class over to go to the Mercy Me, Christian rock concert, and then back to our house for a sleepover. Our house was filled with silly giggling, too much sugar, and lots of fun.