Cason will turn 6 tomorrow! So crazy. I've been working on his party for weeks, so for once I wasn't super stressed out the day of his party. I started preparing almost TOO early, getting us all excited for the party but we still had weeks to wait. They've had fun with some of the stuff though, like Cason's viking helmet. :)
He originally wanted a party at the bowling alley, but changed his mind once he found out that at home he could get a bounce house and a pinata! :) So I looked up some ideas for the party online, and found a few things that looked fun. One was a "feed the dragons" game. I just had Jess buy a big foam board, and asked Cason which three dragons he wanted on it. He told me Toothless of course, and a Whispering Death and a Monstrous Nightmare. So I drew them on the board, had Jess cut out the mouths, and then painted it.
We bought some little rubber fish for the kids to throw in the mouths to "feed" them.
I worked on the pinata as much as possible on Friday, when Reed was busy playing. (thought it was going to break apart really easily, but at the party I found out this was, in fact, way too much tape) I only found a couple Toothless pinatas online, and both were too expensive, so I just made one and it was pretty easy, if not quite as good looking as the ones that inspired it.
The morning of his party was also the morning of opening ceremonies for soccer, and his first game. He was excited, and just like last year he played hard. He was a little rusty, so no goals but a few close attempts. :) He hustled though and I saw him steal the ball from the other team quite a few times.
After his game we hurried home to do some last minute stuff to get ready for the party. Neely was SO happy to finally be allowed to get into the party favors. She put on her party viking helmet and her beloved Ghostie had to have one too. She was SO excited to see how cute he looked in it.
The people ended up calling to ask if they could drop off the bounce house early, since they were already out delivering another. Of course we said that was fine, and the kids were QUITE pleased to have it to themselves even longer than expected.
Pretty soon people started to arrive. We kept it fairly small, at least as small as you can with as much family as Cason has. :) It was a very nice party.
I LOVE this picture of Neeliam.
The "kids" had SO much fun with the bounce house.
Eventually we got them to take a break for the "feed the dragons" game.
It didn't go TOO smoothly, since we underestimated the difficulty in telling little people to throw from behind the line, and that they only get a certain number of attempts. Jess was in charge and didn't have the heart to tell the littlest ones, so they just stood where they pleased and threw as many fish as they wanted. Jess would make a terrible carnival worker. Haha. The winners claimed their prizes and went back to bouncing.
After a while I heard a knock at the door and realized I'd have to break all the kids' hearts and tell them the people were here to take down the bounce house. There were only a few tears, and thankfully we had the pinata to distract them with. Jess took down the swings and we hung it from the swingset.
I always hated when I was little and the first couple kids got to take like a million swings and ended up breaking the pinata so nobody else got to try. So we ended up limiting them to about three swings.
The birthday boy went first, and then we went from youngest to oldest(tried to anyway).
Paige was obviously a big cheater, peeking under the blindfold, but still couldn't break it.
Colin's attempts were adorable.
Pinatas make me nervous, so Dan held Reed for me so I could hang out near the kids in case a bat went flying. Ha.
Apparently I made a pretty heavy duty pinata, so the kids all went through the line about three times, and were destroying it very gradually. I think in the end Paige finally punched a hole in it.
Neely and Liam had lost interest when it took a long time, so they were a tad late to the candy collecting. This picture cracks me up-Neely sulking about not getting much, and Liam finding out the problem is. 
We did cake next. We got sandwiches and the cake from the Walmart deli/bakery, and Cason loved the cake. Paige even got to eat it since it was peanut free. She is always so happy when she gets to have the same cake as everyone else.
Of course gifts were next.
Cason gets pretty shy when he's in the spotlight, but I could tell he loved everything.
He opens everything pretty slowly and carefully. Most of the kids lost interest and ran off to play while he opened them.
The party wound down after that.
This morning Reed and I woke up first I thought, and I went out to the living room with him, planning to let Jess sleep in. Cason was already up though, enjoying some of his new toys. :)
This morning Reed and I woke up first I thought, and I went out to the living room with him, planning to let Jess sleep in. Cason was already up though, enjoying some of his new toys. :)
He suddenly remembered the dragon egg from the Cassons, that he'd put in water overnight. He ran to the bathroom to see if it was hatched yet. It was super soft but not opened up, so he just tore it open. He was so happy to see he got his favorite. It was really tiny and REALLY cute.
We may have to go back for a few eggs with some of his gift money, so some of his other dragons can have babies too. :)
He had a great party and told us he "loved it so much". This morning he told me "It miiiiiight have been the best party EVER." Haha.
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