Caleb is SIX! That sounds so old. Happy birthday to my smart, funny, sensitive, rule-following, people-pleasing, loving, snuggling, amazing Caleb!
He brought treats to class. He was a bit nervous since he was the first birthday celebration of the year and didn't quite know how everything worked. He also doesn't like to be the center of attention.
The birthday frog sang an Elvis song to him. He though that was the funniest thing ever!
So did his classmates. You can SEE the laughter in this picture. It makes me laugh every time I see it.
He had his first big friend party. We invited all the boys from his school class and his church class. Yes, I'm crazy! But luckily it was on Labor Day weekend, so not everyone could come. (Darn. P.S. I kinda planned it that way so we could avoid hurt feelings, but still not have tons of kids.)
Helping make cupcakes for his party. He requested chocolate cream cheese frosting.
These were supposed to have an awesome Darth Vader cupcake holder center piece. That's one of the reasons we did cupcakes. It didn't show up in time. Grr. Caleb and the kids didn't know or care, but I did. It looked kinda lame that we just had cupcakes sitting in the middle of the table. Oh well, they tasted good!
For the party games, we did Jedi Training!
First: Design a Droid. This was supposed to be a quick thing to do while waiting for guests to arrive. The kids lasted a lot longer than I planned at this activity. I thought they'd take like 3 minutes. I kept having to rush them so we could get on to the fun stuff!
Then we had Laser Skills. They had to test their skills at dodging lasers from Storm Troopers.
They were so excited waiting in line!
Next they had to do the Lava Walk to see if they could cross a river of lava without falling in (from Star Wars 3). It looked like lava in real life, but once I see these pictures it kinda looks like ketchup and mustard. Luckily kids have good imaginations.
Then they had to destroy the Death Star with dart gun "lasers".
Then they had to go in the garbage pit. (Star Wars 4) and find the sea creature. It kinda looks snake-like in the movie, so I got big snakes and buried them in the "garbage". I had all my local friends save their clean/recycling garbage for a week. It's going to be interesting when I put all that garbage out for recycling. I wonder what the neighbors will think. It was hard to get pictures of the garbage pit. These just don't do it justice. It was filled with garbage as high as the kids and covered with a sheet. This was one of their favorite games of the party.
Searching for the sea creature.
Success!
The birthday boy was SO excited for this day that he woke me up early. He NEVER wakes me up - he usually just entertains himself. But he came in my room and said, "Mom, I have my Jedi cloak on. How long till the party?" Poor kid - 7 hours! He asked me every hour how long. At one point he flopped on the floor and said, "It will NEVER get here!"
Lydia dressed up as Princess Leia. Anna was a Jedi and Elizabeth was Darth Maul. (She got too hot and took off her cloak. That's why all the pics of Elizabeth only show her in a black shirt and black shorts.
Presents and cake. Jedis need refueling! We also had Yoda Soda at the end of the party when they were hot and tired. One of the reasons Caleb wanted a Star Wars party is because he loved the idea of Yoda Soda. It made him laugh. (Yoda Soda = lime sherbet and Sprite).
They all passed their Jedi training and became Official Jedis. Which means each of them got a light saber to battle with. Michael the Awesome made these for me. Each light saber has a different handle. He's way more creative and patient than I am - I would have just done them all the same. The kids loved that they were unique. Michael also volunteered to be our Special Guest. He trained them all in light saber handling. (I think I posted a video awhile back of how he can spin sticks. He's amazing!)
The kids LOVED the light sabers and Michael!
The minute they got a light saber, they took off after to battle Michael. Michael made himself a double-bladed light saber and all the kids wanted it.
Michael was a good sport with 12 on 1 and held his own pretty well.
Michael was a good sport with 12 on 1 and held his own pretty well.
Caleb got lots of Legos as gifts, which they all played with the next day.
It was a FUN party, but man was I TIRED when it was over!
Happy Birthday Caleb!!!!
Happy Birthday Caleb!!!!
Very awesome Carie! Looks like it was really fun. I loved the garbage pit. I remember when you did a Harry Potter party for Nathan, that was my favorite ;).
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