Jack's Friend Birthday Party

This weekend was a very busy weekend for the Van Nuland Family. First Thursday night Gpa H came up and ended up watching the boys Friday so I could go into work for a few hours. Then Saturday Jack got an early Birthday present from the Knutson's. Amy and Ally took Jack to Milwaukee to see Dora Live!

Jack had such a blast! Thank you again Amy for the wonderful gifts and creating a great memory for him!

While Jack was away Steve took Alex to the Y to go swimming so I could get a jump on cleaning the house and get the basement decorated for Jack's "friend" Birthday Party which was Sunday.


Here is the basement decorated.





I ended up covering up our shelves with paper and traced (thank you Jamie for the projector) a few Pirate themed pictures. Trying to set the mood... you can say.

X marks the spot

Pirate Flag

Pirate Ship

I made theses cookies for the kids goodie bag. When they arrived I handed them another goodie bag with the following... bandanna (black for the boys/pink for the girls), pirate eye patch, pirate earring and a skull ring. Needless to say no one wore them for more than a couple minutes if even at all.... so no pictures to show. :)

Here is Alex before the party showing off his bandanna and his "puppy".

Jack is scaring me with his devil smile. Poor Alex has no clue his brother looks a bit crazy!

Hanging out with his sippy.

So after the kids played for a while it was time to hit the pinata.

Jack showing his skills

Alex getting a lift.

Nathan

Noah

Helena

After every kid took three or four swings at the treasure chest Steve had to pull out the "Big Gun" (the razor blade) and made a few slits and finally after a couple more hits....

SUCCESS!

So after that it was time for dinner. Can't go wrong with ham/turkey sandwiches, pasta salad, dips, meatballs, veggie pizza and a ton more food. Too bad most of the kids didn't eat.... they were too busy running around playing. So after dinner came cake and ice cream. Boy that made the kids stop what they were doing and sit down.

Jack's Cake

The kids getting Crazy while I was lighting the cake

Singing the Happy Birthday Song

Then the kids decided to go NUTS. They were banging on the table chanting for cake. I even heard someone say "What is taking so long". Geez you would have thought they didn't have anything to eat all day. :)

Then after they inhaled the cake and ice cream it was time to open presents. Jack got a ton of great gifts from his friends.

I know Jack had a blast at his very First "Friend" Bday Party and will be talking about it for weeks to come.