Lukey's birthday was a blast! He woke up to his big sibs telling him to come see the streamers and sign.... still a must :)... here's his half awake reaction to it all.... He was just sitting there a little out if it :) Made laugh a little. But he started jumping up and down and playing with the balloons.
He kept telling me to "take pic-chews of Ewika!" all morning.... so that's what I did :)
We had Lukey's favorite Crepes for Breakfast (even though I knew I had a Denny's "free kids meal" coupon.... I just couldn't get us ready and out the door in time for it... nor did I want to go to a restaurant and pay for everyone else, just to get a free meal.... maybe next year). We played around a LOT! Lukey decided it would be fun to "pway da Wii all day" so that's what he got. They played the wii A LOT!
My friend Kim Ball gave me a big box of "Bob the Builder Party Stuff" a couple of years ago and it was just so complete, I wanted to do a Bob the Builder Party. Luckily Lukey was the one that raised his hand when I posed the question. He's really not all that into Bob the Builder or trucks and cars for that matter.... but he was really thrilled about it all for some reason. Maybe it was all the fun party stuff that we ALREADY had that made it fun... dunno.... but this was the cake we found online that struck Luke as the cake he wanted....
I'll admit I was slightly bummed that it was so simple.... I like to challenge myself a little I guess :) Not that I should! HA! But anyway, it turned out pretty good I think :) The kids thought it was real dirt and then wanted some of it when I told them it was cake. I had planned ahead that they would not want to eat it, and made cupcakes with remaining cake mix, for them to eat, but they were actually more excited to eat the "dirt".
(I dipped the frosted cupcakes in the "dirt".... my own idea :) I was happy about it :) )
We put up all the cute Construction-y signs all over the room and Nate decorated outside with the caution tape. I made him go out and put some balloons too since we have older neighbors, I didn't want them to think there was something wrong here, but even with the balloons, sweet little Lorna called to make sure we were in fact "celebrating". Such cute neighbors!
When the guests arrived we had them each build their own little "golf green" that I ordered from Lowes. I'll be honest, they were about a quarter of the size I had thought they were (duh, should have checked the dimensions), and well.... just not what I had expected. But the boys seemed to have a really good time, hammering in the few nails (just enough to enjoy it, not enough to lose interest... that was a good thing), and then they all putted their little ball into the hole a few times. I was still slightly disappointed and embarrassed that they were so lame, but luckily they're delightful little children who wouldn't have expected anymore and they had fun with it. Then we played a few games.
The day that we went shopping for the rest of Luke's party stuff, he had this great idea to buy some bubble wrap and stomp it out for one of the games at his party. At first I thought "white trash!", but he was SO set on it.... so we just HAD to do it! It was a lot of fun until Luke hurt his food stomping too hard. And the other kids were kind of funny about it, but I think it meant more to Luke that he thought of it than anything, and I like that. The boys we invited were all 4 and 5, and they were ALL so mellow!!! I was SO surprised! I mean, I've seen these kids in Primary! I know they're not mellow! It was nice, but at the same time, difficult to tell that we were having a party.
We played "pass Scoop" instead of musical chairs since Luke's foot was hurting too bad to walk. Then we played "keep the balloon from touching the ground". Luke's idea of course :) Very fun! And then we did the Pinata....
Luke didn't like the truck pinatas (not a surprise) and he had wanted the "5" one that we saw ---- he told me a few days before his birthday, "This is the ONLY time I'm gonna turn FIVE huh Mom!" He was pretty thrilled to be turning five"---- but then we realized that the "5" was actually a "50" but we couldn't see the 0 attached to it. So that was kind of a bummer, he had had his heart set on it.... but THEN we found this dolphin one.... and that was it! He was sold. There was no talking him out of it... the girls thought he was crazy for picking something outside of the theme of his party.... but it was HIS favorite! Totally fits him too.
Lukey broke it open after everyone had had a turn wacking it. There was WAY too much candy in this pinata! I was worried about how much candy it was and later learned that one of the boys' mom is (of course with my luck) a Dental hygenist. She didn't seem okay with how much candy there was even after I apologized.... kinda funny..... kinda not.... but whatever :) ..... I hurried and grabbed their little bags so that they wouldn't be munching on it the whole time they were here, and made it so the parents had to regulate it, but I should have emptied some of it out apparently :) Better luck next time. ANYWAY!! It was a lot of fun! My kids live for pinatas.
Lukey was so polite his whole birthday, didn't get greedy at all! I was so happy that he wasn't too anxious to open presents and that he was respectful of all his friends and loved his presents. He's just such a good boy these days. I still get a kick out of watching my kids give each other gifts. Especially the ones they've bought themselves.... it's amazing how much love and care they put into something like a gift for each other. Makes me happy.
This is the race car track that Luke has wanted FOREVER! Everytime we go to the store he says he's going to "save up his money" to get it, and he just never could. When Nate was shopping for his presents he found this and it was actually on the clearance shelf (how convenient!) so he just had to by it for him :) So cool. He was really excited :) So was I :)
Luke really wanted the "5" candle (again, he was totally obsessed with the age he was turning).
Couldn't resist taking a picture of this face....
The kids all seemed to have a good time. It was fun to do a friend party for Luke. This was his first one. I learned that 4 and 5 year old boys are super shy and quiet at birthday parties! And I liked that it wasn't as chaotic as I thought it would be. Should have invited more I guess :)
After Luke's friend party, some of the family came over to celebrate too!
These are the hats that Kim had in the box of party stuff.... she had everything! It was fun that we had some left over!
Grandpa gave Lukey this HUGE ball that you can climb inside and roll around in.... I need some better pictures of him in it.... Luke loves it. He likes to pile blankets and pillows in there and then dive in.... makes me jealous that I'm too big for it :)
We had another cake to celebrate with the fam. Milky way frosting on a Devil's food cake.... the Snickers cake didn't really work out.... won't be trying that one ever again.....
It's always fun for everyone when Grandpa comes.....
Luke seemecd to enjoy his birthday. He was happy and cheerful the whole day. He really seemed to have skipped over the birthday grumps that most of my kids get :) It was quite pleasant. It's fun to see him get older and be excited about being 5, but I sure do feel like my little Lukey is still really little. I don't want him to grow up :) He's always been really dependent and needed help with everything, so I thought he might just stay my little baby forever, but it's starting to look like he might actually grow up and go to school and such.... we'll see. Maybe I can stall :)
Happy 5th Birthday Lukey!!
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