Party Time!

Daven turned 5 years old last week. I can't believe I have a five-year old that will be starting kindergarten in July. The night before his birthday, we looked at all his baby photos. It was just a reminder that time goes by so fast. He still has the same personality he had as a little baby. I am so amazed that each child can have their own distinct personality traits that are noticeable from birth. (well, the womb, actually). He was a happy, energetic, silly, fun-loving, determined, very smart baby. That still describes him today. 

The night before the party, I did my usual preparation - decorate the birthday cake. We copied Daven's cousin who had a LEGO party a few years ago. The cake is supposed to be little legos. I have to say it looks so much better in this picture than it did in person. It was a truly flawed cake. I decided I had 2 good excuses this year. 1) I have a newborn baby and I wanted to be in bed by 10:30. I didn't frost the back of the little cakes. & 2) The boys coming to the party were only 4 and 5 years old & they wouldn't care.
When the party came, all the adorable little boys arrived. I kept wanting to eat them up. There were 8 little boys all SO excited about Legos the whole time. When they first came, they put together some creations using all of Daven's thousands of Legos. Can you tell he likes them? Perhaps a little too much!

Showing off their creations.

Next, we gathered around the table. Each little boy got to put together their own mini-Leog set. It was a small 4-wheeler. They were seriously so excited & so focused the whole time. This was the part of the party that I became somewhat useless, however. Glad Mike and my dad were able to help them put everything together.

Next we gathered round the kitchen table to eat pizza, cake and ice-cream. A little crazy with this many little boys. This is where I thought eating would take at least 20 minutes. Nope, they were done in like 5! Boys for ya! We had to think of some last-minute games to keep them occupied the rest of the time. Usually I plan way too much for the party and we run out of time. This time I planned too little. So, I felt bad they were kind of bored towards the end. I'll remember how fast they eat next year!

Opening presents....lots of LEGOS of course and a gift card to the Lego store. Pure excitement.

By 5 p.m. that day, Daven had successfully assembled each of his Lego sets. I have to say he is very smart, he uses the instructions and got them all put together.
And here is Papa holding little Avery. I love this picture because she is reaching for his mustache. Every time he held her she would smile and try to grab it!! Never seen one of those before :)