Kai invited Jack and his 2 closest friends, Carter and Ben to his birthday. Ben got a hoot out of giving Kai the old "bunny-ears" routine! I read somewhere that you should invite half as many friends to your child's birthday as was their age - I thought that was the best idea I ever heard!
However, Carter's little brother, Ethan came (I have a picture of him later) and between the 5 boys and Keala - it was an awfully loud birthday party! But still a blast! They ran around outside and inside with the dog while we were BBQing shish-kabobs. Look at Jack challenge Maggie at tug-o-war!
The boys begged us to eat fast so we could open presents! All 6 kids had to help! Especially when they opened this gift from Aunt Leslie - army toys! Thanks Leslie! Kai just loved everything!
Although, I think the best gift of the night was the "Shark Bite Slip-n-Slide" that Gran'ma Joan got for Kai! (He wanted the same one as the boys across the street!) Now we have 2 in the neighborhood! No kidding! Kai literally ran and pounced into Joan's arms with the biggest hug I have every seen in my life. Adorable!
Sibling rivalry has to be one of the hardest things we deal with in life! So I always get the 'other' kid a present even though its not their birthday. Keala got a water gun and new goggles. Now she can keep up with the rest of them! Go get 'em Keala!
I saw this watermellon cake with 3 large plastic ants on it and just about fell over laughing. This is the only picture I have of the cake but you can see one of the ants. Kai got a kick out of it - and of course they all fought over who got a toy ant!
Last of all, we had a pirate pinata (I ditched the pirate theme as the day progressed) and just ended up with the pinata. The kids almost hurt themselves trying to get a turn. Look at Carter's swing. These guys are animals!
This is cute little Ethan. I think he had the best hold on that bat out of all the kids! This boy is a true ball player! He was so focused on gettin' that ship sunk, we all just died laughing!
Keala was actually pretty good too. This girl can hold her own when it comes to being in a crowd of boys! She really got the boat 'rockin' and all the boys were cheering her on! Good going girl!
Kai had so much fun. It really does make you feel like all the preparations, 'crowd control', and time invested in these kids are worth it when you see how happy they are. I think I was the most pleased out of anyone at the end of the day... even if I did have to have lunch with my 'Ex' and his whole family! (Don't ask!)
Big Mama finally got up there and cracked that sucker open! (Only I accidentally swung in the direction of Erika and showered her with all the 'loot'). She informed me that 'next time' she needed a warning. Hilarious! Brent teased me that he should have warned "heavy-hitter' comin' up to plate"! Hello! He said it with a kiss but I still growled at him!
We spent the rest of the evening opening up all the toys and having a 'thorough examination'... (meaning: ALL the toys had to be played with!) What an exhausting, but fulfilling day. Erika told me later that when she drove home, Jack said it was the best birthday party ever! I think so too Jack!
Kai invited Jack and his 2 closest friends, Carter and Ben to his birthday. Ben got a hoot out of giving Kai the old "bunny-ears" routine! I read somewhere that you should invite half as many friends to your child's birthday as was their age - I thought that was the best idea I ever heard!
However, Carter's little brother, Ethan came (I have a picture of him later) and between the 5 boys and Keala - it was an awfully loud birthday party! But still a blast! They ran around outside and inside with the dog while we were BBQing shish-kabobs. Look at Jack challenge Maggie at tug-o-war!
The boys begged us to eat fast so we could open presents! All 6 kids had to help! Especially when they opened this gift from Aunt Leslie - army toys! Thanks Leslie! Kai just loved everything! 
Although, I think the best gift of the night was the "Shark Bite Slip-n-Slide" that Gran'ma Joan got for Kai! (He wanted the same one as the boys across the street!) Now we have 2 in the neighborhood! No kidding! Kai literally ran and pounced into Joan's arms with the biggest hug I have every seen in my life. Adorable! 
Sibling rivalry has to be one of the hardest things we deal with in life! So I always get the 'other' kid a present even though its not their birthday. Keala got a water gun and new goggles. Now she can keep up with the rest of them! Go get 'em Keala!
I saw this watermellon cake with 3 large plastic ants on it and just about fell over laughing. This is the only picture I have of the cake but you can see one of the ants. Kai got a kick out of it - and of course they all fought over who got a toy ant!
Last of all, we had a pirate pinata (I ditched the pirate theme as the day progressed) and just ended up with the pinata. The kids almost hurt themselves trying to get a turn. Look at Carter's swing. These guys are animals!
This is cute little Ethan. I think he had the best hold on that bat out of all the kids! This boy is a true ball player! He was so focused on gettin' that ship sunk, we all just died laughing!
Keala was actually pretty good too. This girl can hold her own when it comes to being in a crowd of boys! She really got the boat 'rockin' and all the boys were cheering her on! Good going girl!
Kai had so much fun. It really does make you feel like all the preparations, 'crowd control', and time invested in these kids are worth it when you see how happy they are. I think I was the most pleased out of anyone at the end of the day... even if I did have to have lunch with my 'Ex' and his whole family! (Don't ask!) 
Big Mama finally got up there and cracked that sucker open! (Only I accidentally swung in the direction of Erika and showered her with all the 'loot'). She informed me that 'next time' she needed a warning. Hilarious! Brent teased me that he should have warned "heavy-hitter' comin' up to plate"! Hello! He said it with a kiss but I still growled at him!
We spent the rest of the evening opening up all the toys and having a 'thorough examination'... (meaning: ALL the toys had to be played with!) What an exhausting, but fulfilling day. Erika told me later that when she drove home, Jack said it was the best birthday party ever! I think so too Jack!
3 comments:
You are mother of the year! What a great birthday party. I tried to have a party for Carter last year when he turned three....It went much better in my head. The noise level alone was enough to make me barf. However, he still talks about the games we played...So I guess it makes it all worth it.
Sorry about dinner with the Ex...that's fun!
The best Birthdays that I remember as a child were the ones when I got what I wanted and everybody had a great time (meaning ME). Good Job Nikki.
That looks like it was a lot of fun. It's worth all the work. I only let my kids have parties every other year, though, because it is so much work.
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