Michael's 5th Birthday Party

I must not want to go to bed!

Saturday, October 15th, we had a Harry Potter themed birthday party for Michael - complete with broomstick party favor bags:

And Quidditch:
Lots of playing in the leaves:

And of course, a Pinata:
Michael got it on the FIRST try. I even heard Abbey say to him, "Michael, you got it on the first try! That was - like amazing!"

After each pinata, would be the candy motivated scrum:
More running around. The kids were crazy. They played outside. They played Wii. They tracked half my yard in my house, but they ran off all that sugar we were feeding them!

Birthday cake time:

I got it from Costco. SO sue me. I was busy spray painting hula hoops gold! We lit the cake with trick candles that just kept relighting. It wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining if the kids didn't squeal with delight and surprise every time one would relight. It's so fun to be around kids!

I love kids' birthday parties - Michael's or not. I'm a sucker for them!

I even hung up a red sheet over my door, drew bricks on it, and cut a seam down the middle for the kids to run through. I forgot to take a picture of it though - it's tough to be a hostess AND a photographer AND a mother at the same time!

I hope MIchael loved it as much as we love getting to witness his little life unfold before our very eyes!