Originally Jaxson wanted a pig party. I'm not sure where the idea came from but he was stuck on it for a while. In his words this is what he wanted 'my daddy can eat lots of cookies and get a big tummy then he can be a pig for my pig party.' Needless to say Keith didn't go for that. Thank goodness it didn't take much convincing to have a bug party instead, the boy is obessed with bugs.
These were the party hats we made for the kids to wear; Jaxson loved them more than anyone.
His 'buddies'. Later when I asked him what the best part of his birthday was he said 'having a party with my best buddies.'
Our first activity was painting our caterpillars made out of egg cartons. Jaxson is also in love with painting right now, so this was a hit for him.
Then we played a few games. They went for a bug hunt in the yard.
Even Keith got into that one.
The next games were pin the spider on the web and 'buzz, buzz, sting' (which is just like duck, duck, goose).
Since our caterpillars were still not dry we went on to cake and ice cream.
He was pretty happy about his caterpillar cake.
The other buggy snacks.
Present time! His friends were so nice and knew just what to give him. He loved everything!
Then we went outside to smash our bee pinata, that Jax helped make.
Finally we did our caterpillar races, even though they still weren't completely dry. (I forgot how much kids like to gob the paint on).
They liked this better than I thought. Then they all played outside until it was time to go because it was such a beautiful day.
I had meant to get a family pic earlier but forgot until we had started putting the kids to bed, so we quickly snapped one with the half eaten cake. After the party was over Jax gave me a big hug and told me 'thanks for the greatest party, Mom' without me even prompting him. That made it all worth it. We sure love this boy!
4 comments:
Wow Julie, everything you did for his birthday looked so fun. I can only imagine how much he loved it. You're so awesome! And Kenna...holy cow, she looks so big! I can't believe how much she's grown. So cute!
He is such a cutie! Jace had an absolute BLAST & has not stopped talking about Jaxson's party since! Thanks for throwing such an awesome party--it was a big hit! The cake turned out so cute & Jace said it was really good :)
Such a cute birthday! Jackson is such a cute boy. Thanks for letting us babysit them on Friday! We had so much fun with them. Caprie had a blast too!
ok. i just spent over an hour catching up on your blog. you have been BUSY!!! you are so good at blogging. i really should turn mine over to you. :) anyway, such FUN posts! makes me miss you guys even more. i can't believe how big kenna is. she's all girl now! wow! and that bug party was adorable. i love the hats. and the birthday banner your mom made is so cute!
i'm sorry we didn't ever connect with jaxson for his birthday. every time ethan asked to call or i thought to call it was after bedtime there. why can't we all just be in the same timezone? anyway, we're happy it was so fun for him!
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