Syd Turns 3

 For Sydney's birthday we brought cake, cupcakes & a pinata to the park play date. It was the nicest, cool day, filled with friends. The expected thunderstorms never came which was GREAT! The 50 of us would have been a tight noisy squeeze in our home.
Since my SIL Beth has been nearby I have failed in my photography duties. Unfortunately I only got these 2 picts. How cute is that sweet baby Mia!?

Jeff had bought the pinata for my 30th b-day bash...which never happened. (so can I still claim 29?) When we bought fillers for Ty's pinata we split them with the princess pinata so there could be more variety. So total cost...3 cake mixes & 2 frostings, not bad! (We'll be generous in other ways to make up for it Sydney.)

The friends weren't suppose to bring gifts, BUT some did. Here is one of her favorites, The Barbie Movie. It was one of my favorites too because it babysat her & then put her down for a nap. :-)

And on a sidenote....Ty FINALLY wanted me to spike his hair. YEAH! I did it when he was itty bitty, but since he's had a say-so he's wanted "flat" hair. I'd like to thank Charlie from his class for being a "cool" influence & any possible peer-pressure that may or may not have been used.

Ty's 6th Birthday

Ty had so much fun at his party this past weekend. He had 6 friends from school come over. "A boy party" as he put it.  Ty LOVES the Penguins of Madagascar right now & wanted that to be the theme. However, party stores don't carry Penguins merchandise. We had to pool our creativity, which turned out to be the cheapest, funnest kid party ever.

Jeff made the magnetic fishing pole game. It was a magnetic line to a fishes paperclip mouth. It worked great.

This is mostly video recorded. Jeff downloaded some Madagascar2 dancing music & the boys were not shy about showing off their moves.

Jeff taught the boys how to make paper airplanes & then they flew them outside.

Mort likes feet. We did a scavenger hunt about where feet go. The purpose of the hunt was to find the pinata.

I made a pull-string pinata from a Priority box. The last string dropped the loot. It worked out perfectly. Ty & Sydney did most of the pinatas ModPodge decorating.

The boys loved this. It worked like hot potato to Madagascar2 music. When the music stopped everyone yelled "Kaboom" & the person holding "the kaboom stick" was out. 

Ty says Kowalski likes to build things. The game for him contained a bowl with straws, string & tape to see what the boys could make.

Here is his cake. The top is a printed card stock picture. I tried to make an edible Penguins top, but it failed.

This is not penguin related...but Ty kept mentioning that he wanted to do a balloon laugh. And since he is the birthday boy....

Ty's instructions were...you try to pop a balloon & laugh.

Last but not least...Ty LOVED his presents!

We are so proud of our sweet 6 year old boy & so grateful for all the good friends he's made this year at his new school.  Happy Birthday Ty!