It took a couple of days to recover, but here are the photos from the big day on Saturday.
It turned out to be a great day and I think the kids all had a lot of fun! Until next year!
This was the invite I made. I blurred out my personal info since this isn't a password-protected site!
It was nice for his birthday to fall on a weekend. He opened family gifts first thing in the morning and played until party time! The 2nd photo is showing off some karate moves after the party.
He started a tae-kwan-do class with Kevin, too. He was the only student this week and got a lot of attention. So far, he likes it. We thought it might be a good intro to see if he wants to try it out.
The party clan!
Daddy was a good sport and let the boys fight off Darth Vader. It got out of hand quickly. Good thing these were inflatable swords!
This pretty much sums up the party. Lots of little boys dualing with their light sabers.
More party fun. The pinata was a bummer. It cracked after one small hit from the birthday boy. Nobody else even had a chance.
Little brother was intimidated by the big boys, but found some fun of his own. A few Star Wars gummy snacks always cheer him up!
The death star cake Kevin and I "created". Not amazing, but did the trick! A story to go along with this later in the week!
Lots of fun gifts and generous friends.
If you're interested in more details- see below. If not, thanks for all you did to make his day so special! Once I get the house back in order from a couple of weeks of neglect, we'll be getting our official thank-you notes out!
Inflatable Lightsabers from Ebay
The party spread
Star Wars gummies and the goodies the kids left with (a personalized Star Wars notebook, chocolate covered pretzel "lightsabers", and candy from the lame pinata!
An example of the notebooks. Each one was a little different, but same idea!
Had the idea for edible lightsabers. We bought blue and red chocolate (Wilton) and melted them. Dipped in our long pretzel sticks. Wrapped the end in foil and there they were! Tasty too!
This was a first ever in the 15 years I've known this man! Decorating cookies. Had to prove it with a picture. He did all the stormtroopers and darth vaders. Pretty good! I told him he could be the baker over at King Soopers. :-)
A close up of the cookies. (Star Wars cookie cutters are from Williams Sonoma)
A banner I made to string along the awning of the shelter. Just a bunch of star wars papers strung up on some rope- but turned out cute!
It was fun to see the boys having so much fun. Until next year. I wonder what the theme will be for number 7?
