Then we had a big family feast with barbecued chicken and ALL the fixin's. The food was wonderful, as usual. George got to blow out a candle as we all sang "happy birthday".
This however, was only the Saturday BEFORE the big day.
No photo editing here - it really lights up!
Tuesday, October 2nd, his actual birthday! We took cupcakes to preschool in the morning, made his favorite for dinner - grilled hamburgers. We sang "happy birthday" over the grilled hamburger so he could blow out a candle. We then hurried off to a soccer game with another round of cupcakes and blue Gatorade for the after game snack.
Friday night: The BIG STAR WARS PARTY!!! Every kid we invited actually came (and their siblings and parents)! Needless to say, we had SO many kids in our little backyard, it was pretty chaotic but tons of fun! We tried to keep the activities going constantly to keep them busy.
When the kids walked in the door, we had costumes ready for them. The girls pulled on their white Princess Leia gowns and the boys donned a brown Jedi knight robe each tied with a golden cord. Then the Jedi training began......We learned which characters should be trusted or avoided by playing a "Star Wars cake walk" to the sound of star wars music. They walked around in a circle over pictures of Star Wars characters until the music stopped. Our next training required learning how to fly a fighter plane so that we would be able to destroy the Death Star - we played pin the x-wing on the Deathstar. Then we played red light (saber), green light (saber). Afterall, a Jedi must be able to follow directions. At last, kids were deemed ready to be given a real light saber (we cut pool noodles in half and taped duct tape and electrical tape on one end to make a handle). George's Daddy conducted the light saber training which included dangerous but essential moves for a real Jedi knight, such as "Yoda's twist" and "Obi-wan's surprise attack." While Daddy secretly snuck away to dress himself as Darth Vader, we practiced our new moves by popping bubbles made by a very handy bubble machine. Next, I had all the kids sit down as George led them in a rousing rendition of the Imperial march (a.k.a. Darth Vader theme song). George insited on this activity after seeing a version of it on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqTi0ZFDawY). I said, "Every time you hear this music, it means Darth Vader is COMING!" and from behind them, Darth Vader appeared. All the kids jumped up with their light sabers in hand to fight the evil Vader; of course, some kids jumped up and ran to their mommies crying. After all the kids got their turn facing the evil lord, they all ambushed him at once, and he fell to the ground dead. (Poor Daddy).
We took a break for some cake and ice cream and to sing "happy birthday" (once more--what a spoiled Georgie!).
It was getting dark and we still had a storm trooper piñata to beat in the front yard. After everyone had his fill of candy, we all went inside the house with sticky fingers to watch George open his presents (sadly, it was too dark to open presents outside--I'll have to plan that better next time). He got an R2-D2 mini laptop, a transformer, a Nerf gun, Star Wars comic books, a Crayola art pack and a couple star wars figures. All the kids opened the packages and enjoyed playing with the new toys together. What a mess!
Anyway, George and his friends had a fabulous time!!!! Mom and Dad were very tired. It felt like an hour and a half long whirl wind that started in the back yard, moved to the front yard and ended in my living room!
When asked why my cake wasn't a detailed R2D2 replica, I said, "Hey! I was busy making light sabers and costumes!"
2 comments:
What an amazing birthday!! My kids talked about it for days. AND we still have random light-saber fights. I don't know how you do it every year...but you do! Good job!!
The party looks like a lot of fun! Great Job! I know what you mean about the birthday week. That sounds a lot like Sarae! George is looking so big to me! The cake looked great! Do you have a good cake recipe?
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