I say this all the time, but time goes by so fast! Everyone says it....but it's true! I can't believe that I have a SIX YEAR OLD!?! What in the world?! I am too little and scrawny to have six year old already! Sheesh! Nevertheless, I have one, and we celebrated hard core yesterday! We were actually able to have his birthday party with his friends on his VERY DAY! That was SO much fun for him. Although if anyone can tell me how to make it easier and not feel so bad when everyone in the world does not get invited, please let me know! There were a few kids in his class that we were not able to invite (I can only make so many gift bags and the line has to be drawn somewhere!) and I believe that they were crushed. NO matter. I will just have to get over it I guess. The kids probably don't even realize that they weren't invited. Whatever. Get over it Mom!
Anyways...we had a wonderful time! I spent all the live long day making the flippin cakes! Why do I do this to myself ! I had all of the stuff- I should have made them cakes the night before, but what can you do. I live and learn (well, actually, I guess I don't learn- because I do this every time!) But the cakes turned out wonderfully, and Lincoln and all of his little buddies were very excited about them as well!
For the theme this year, Lincoln decided to go with LEGOS since he is all but obsessed with them! It was such a fun theme! Very easy to find generic stuff to go along with it too- I just used the primary colors and green for everything, and it worked out swimmingly! I was smart and have been preparing for the party for the past few weeks which made things SO much easier for me! Seriously! So that wasn't such a stress. We did some fun stuff. Lincoln REALLY wanted to build some LEGOs for his party. I wasn't particularly keen on the idea of having to buy each child coming to the party a set of legos! They are expensive! Luckily, we have a LEGO store right by us, and they have the COOLEST thing there! Their back wall of the store is covered with bins (about 50 actually!) that are filled with all sorts of different kinds of legos that you can build with. Just the generic stuff- bricks of all sizes; 2x4, 1x8, 2x8, 2x2, 1x4, wheels, axels, windows, windshields, flowers, clear, all colors, etc.- you get the picture. So Lincoln and I (and Payton came as well!) went into the store, and Lincoln created a car with about 20 pieces, and so we got 11 of the same set of pieces for 11 different cars, and the kids were able to make their own cars and we raced them for the party! It was so fantastic, because I really didn't have to do much planning for games and stuff! We spent part of the time at the party building the cars, and then the kids raced them! We even had prizes for the fastest car (no worries...everyone got one eventually!) The kids had a BLAST! At one point, one of the kids said to me "Wow! I think this is the FUNNEST birthday party I have EVER been to!" Stuff like that makes it all worth it doesn't it?! I will say this...this might just have been one of the LOUDEST birthday parties that I have ever been to! The boys were all screaming the entire time! What was funny- Morgan was the only girl that was there at the party (our one other girl- Stella- decided that she wasn't able to make it!) and she actually did GREAT! She was yelling and screaming and being crazy right along with all the boys! It was so dang cute. But really- it was loud. There was one little boy that had to sit out for a bit because he was too overwhelmed with all of the chaos! I don't blame the poor little dude! I wanted to curl up in the fetal position for most of the party as well!
After the car races, we served them pizza and boy can those kids eat! They almost polished off 5 large pizzas! I think that we are in major trouble for when these boys turn into teenagers. They already are eating me out of house and home! I don't think I know what i've got comin' for me!
After the pizza, we all convened (after some chanting from the boys- "Presents! Presents! Presents!") to the couch area where they watched Lincoln open up his gifts! It was so hilarious. Lincoln got some REALLY generous and great gifts and the boys gave the GREATEST reactions to all of the gifts that were given! Link was- of course- in heaven! He was having so much fun.
After the presents were all opened and put away so that no little pieces would get lost- we reconvened back at the table where they consumed massive amounts of cake! Sheesh! The cakes were so much fun. The boys thought they were pretty cool. But the best part of the night was when someone (I think it was actually Lincoln that started it) started smearing frosting all over their faces! pretty soon, we had colored faces on all of the boys! Silly boys. They sure enjoyed the cake though!
All in all, it was a very successful party! A successful day. Lincoln got a new bike that he was pretty excited about- but the LEGOS he got, of course took the cake. He is a buildin' fool! I tell you what! Lincoln is such a great boy. He is SO smart, and is very good at anything that he sets his mind to. He is very passionate, and loves the spotlight! He doesn't have any problems with everyone looking at him and watching what he is doing, and I LOVE that about him. He is still a pretty picky eater but assures us that he is getting better! ;) We'll see how that turns out. He is starting to play lots better with his brother Payton, and absolutely LOVES his sister Morgie! For the most part, he is a great helper around the house, and he is a joy to have around. We love you Link, and can't believe that you are 6 years old! STOP GROWING UP! Seriously! We're SO glad that you are part of our family. We don't know what we would do without you! Happy Birthday Buddy!
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| This was his reaction even BEFORE he knew what was in the package! When he saw that it was 2 keychains...he was even MORE stoked! LOVE the great reactions! |
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| The coveted LEGOS! |
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| Yes...a necessity. He was pretty stoked about them though! |
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| Here's the LEGO Stud cupcakes! I think they turned out pretty cute! |
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| Dont' know where the big pic of the other LEGO cakes went, but you can kind of see them here. Best if you don't look to closely though! Pretty shoddy craftsmanship! Yummy to eat though! |
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| Cutest face waiting EVER so patiently for her cupcake! |
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| Lincoln and Owen building their race cars! |
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| Henry giving it a go! |
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| Payton's not much into the building, but he had a great time racing! |
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| Hayden hiding under the stairs until the big reveal of his car! |
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| Again with the waiting! BLAST that waiting! |
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| The favor bags. They were arranged cuter- I promise! This is after the boys all were getting in and out of them all night! Inside was a lego coloring book that I put together, some crayons, a big punching ball balloon, LEGO block candy that you can actually build with (so coooool!) and the legos that they built during the party. Pretty fun bags! |
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| Sorry for the blurry picture, but each bag had the childs name in the lego font. Cute. |
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| Lincoln and Owen East getting ready for their race! |
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| All the boys and our homemade track! Worked great! |
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| Payton and Tate getting ready to give it a go! |
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| A few of the cars before the races started. It was fun to see all the different stuff the kids came up with! Oddly enough, Paytons car ran the straightest out of all during the night! Whodathunk?! |
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| Payton and Owen Metz gearing up! |
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| Hayden and Lincoln- covering their faces. What is up with that?! |
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| Pizza Time! |
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| Other side of the table |
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| I LOVE LOVE LOVE Lincoln's face in this one (and the next one!) he is SO genuinely excited and surprised by the gifts he was getting! The boys were literally on TOP of each other trying to see what Lincoln was getting, and no amount of coaxing from me would get them to sit down and watch! Forget it! The closer the better! |
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| Ah! Finally! Success! The cupcake is MINE!!! |
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| He got 2 of these General Greivous masks and was SO excited- so that Payton could have one to play with too! So nice! |
Sorry for the picture upload! Mostly for my parents who live far away. :) Happy Birthday Lincoln! We love you and can't believe that you are 6!
