Friday, September 9, 2011

A young padawan becomes a Jedi...

Want to know what I learned today?

An hour and a half with nine 7 year olds was almost enough to kill me,  just the right amount of time!

Want to know what else I learned today?

Little boys will refuse to eat Princess Leia cupcakes because she's a girl.

One more thing?

It's disappointing all around when the first kid breaks the pinata.

Halle and I have been planning this party for over a month.  Every year Jack thinks he wants a friend party, but when it comes time, he chickens out.  So he's never had one.  And that's just sad.  So we planned a doosy.  Also, I learned that even if you only send the invitations out the DAY BEFORE, and you beg and plead on said invitation to KEEP THE SECRET, 7 year old boys will be unable to do it.  Simply unable.

And now, for you viewing pleasure, I present:

Jack's 8th Birthday Party!!!


The big surprise.

Forget about making cute cupcakes.  They won't eat them.

Halle set everything up for dinner.

Empire Pizza Pie and Yoda Soda

May the force be with you...and me next time I decide to host another one of these.

Presents!

Zeke trying to free Hans Solo.  I froze two  figurines in 2 big ice cubes, split the kids into 2 teams and then they freed him bucket brigade style.


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jack was still surprised. Heck, I knew what was coming, and still I jumped and let out a little gasp when I saw all those children jumping out with clubs on the video.

Anonymous said...

You are such a trooper (I'll take a few of those cupcakes...)! Everything looks amazing and it looks like everyone had a blast, even the birthday boy who didn't want a party! Love you guys!

Cortney said...

That is awesome!!!! You are so creative! I almost wish I had a boy so I could do a Star Wars party like that!

Jill said...

The cupcakes are brilliant. It looked super fun.

Kjohnson said...

So cute and the cupcakes are brilliant, i agree. Also I love his reaction to the surprise!

David and Natalie Reheis said...

you are such a good mom, jen! Love it! And I also read the colonoscopy and kitten stories posted above this post. Oh you always make me laugh...except I didn't laugh about the kittens. That's sad :(