Birthday Parties

So I think that maybe my friend who doesn't do birthday parties until her kids are 8 is pretty wise! Holy loud house! We had a house full of a lot of children today for Dallin's 4th Birthday party! He wanted a Star Wars party. I tell you what... Star Wars stuff is kind of hard to find. Spiderman, Diego, Dinosaur, Ninja stuff - everywhere. Star Wars stuff... not so much!

I made a cake for Dallin. I was going to try to do black icing - but then just decided to do chocolate. But I did find some action figures and a cute candle for it. D loved it...

He was waiting very impatiently for his friends to arrive. He sat on a chair to watch the clock on the microwave and wait for 11:00.

We had hot dogs, chips, lemonade...

I couldn't find a Star Wars pinata - so we had a triceratops (sp?). Close enough.

He blew the candles out of the cake before we even got halfway through the Happy Birthday Song... oh well!

We had a pin the computer on Darth Vader game. That was kind of fun. We had Star Wars going during this game since it was a one kid at a time game.

Dallin got some blow up boxing gloves for his birthday. He and Daddy were boxing with them.

Then Daddy got both of them. D didn't have a chance!

I don't think Scott likes to use them for boxing??

Anyway - what a day. Things that I learned?? Hmmmm.... Only have a party for 1.5 hours. And preferrably do it outside your home if it's a winter party. Such as a bowling alley, skating rink, or something....

We did have a great party for Dallin. I think he had fun. And then he actually slept during quiet time afterward! That was the best!