I had such a hard time with Adam's 4th birthday, it was a realization that my little guy was now a big guy. But thankfully it's not as bittersweet the second time around. I realize that my little baby Eli is disappearing- the round face is loosing it's baby chub, but what I get in return is pretty awesome too. Eli knows what he wants and he doesn't really like to compromise (we'll work on that). Like at his 4th birthday he wanted nothing to do with wearing the special ninja turtle shirt he picked out, but he looked handsome in his fancy clothes.
Eli asked me to plan a ninja turtle themed birthday. After I finally made out the invitations less than a week in advance I realized with the first RSVP that I had the wrong date- Tuesday the 28th instead of Sunday the 26th. We were able to warn everyone and had 100% turn out thankfully. My mom sewed on demand eye bands for each kid.
Of course we had pizza and fruit trays made in the shape of ninja turtle heads with bands of orange musk melons or red strawberries and a veggie tray and a "pizza" made of crackers cheese and summer sausage. Finger food and paper plates makes my life easier. We made turtle juice or mutagen - lemonade with green food coloring.
Other than playing with the old and new school ninja turtle guy-guys in the basement, knee hockey and some baseball games in the backyard I made a pinnate turtle shell. It held up okay (the Walmart and target kind have been requiring dad intervention to finish it off). The turtle held up for nearly two rounds of hitting- the oldest two only got to have one hit each.
Happy Birthday Eli! I can't wait to see what four brings you!
2 comments:
Great party! Your kiddos will always remember your awesome parties!!
HI YAH! CHING!!!!
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