On the morning of this party I was mostly ready but there was one thing that I was concerned about; I don't know about you but our yard has become wasp city. They are everywhere! And not like those paper wasps or whatever that Mom always swore wouldn't hurt you, no they are yellow jackets. And of course I can't refill the wasp catcher thingys. What if I got some of the attractant on me? Worst nightmare. So I had to wait for Tyler to do it. He put up two (all the refills we had) and within 30 minutes were being swarmed with wasps. After one day, both of them are literally half full of wasps and still have 5-15 wasps surrounding them at all times. It is terrifying. Anyway, they were completely distracted so we could do most of the party outside.
The guests all came in green, as I asked. I provided the green hairspray, homemade shells, and turtle masks. They all looked so cute! By the way, we always go through the cardboard only recycle containers in the area to make all props/games and then return them to the recycle bins so this is not only free (with a lot of time and effort) but relatively "green" as well!
First Josh wanted to do the pinata. It was WAY stronger than expected so not only did everyone get to hit it 3 times with a blindfold, but also 3 times without a blindfold, then we just let Josh wail on it until it broke.
Next it was the ninja star toss. Essentially a bulls eye with increasing point values was drawn and the kids threw the stars trying to get the most points, the older kids further back than the younger ones. Most of the kids got between 75-95 points. Trevor was the clear cut winner with 230 points! If you look carefully you will notice that one of the stars even landed on top of another in the bulls eye! Impressive.
Next was pin the Kraang on the Droid (new TV show style). I was super impressed with Tyler's work with this. Mine would have never looked this amazing. Thank goodness one of us has some artistic talent! And can you believe it, this game was totally free (but a lot of work). Christina was the winner here. I forgot to buy prizes for the winners so Trevor and Christina each got 3 of the ninja stars. Luckily, they seemed to think this was a suitable prize and the other kids were somewhat jealous which I suppose is a good sign.
The Kraang totally looks like he is attacking the droid in that one picture huh?! Josh got to open his presents next. He got some awesome stuff. A big thanks to all.
You can see him signing "thank you" on that last one. Anyway, at this point it was time for pizza. However, the wasps attacked and so we had to go inside for lunch and cake and ice cream. Of course, my camera runs out of batteries and sits on the charger for this part. I didn't make the cake this year (I decided it was more than I could take on) but Maceys does a great job so he had a great cake with all 4 Ninja Turtles popping their heads out of the sewer. It was green and blue and the icing was so staining that as I took it out of the box I accidentally put my finger in it (GREAT! It was perfect just a moment ago, now that it is time to sing Happy Birthday...." and my fingers were stained blue for the rest of the day.
Now best for last. Each year there is one part of the party that I work extra hard on and spend WAY too many hours perfecting. This year it was the "goodie bag". Tyler created the picture for the box. I spent one day calling around and I got these boxes for $0.29 each! They each have ooze, stickers, tattoos, candy (extra candy that didn't fit in the pinata), and a sugar cookie pizza. Thanks Chantelle for making the pepperoni as I made the olives (all candy melts). They are my favorites!
Great birthday party! I love doing this. I may be crazy to do this every year but as long as there is Pintrest and I am still nuts, don't care about sleep, and have helpful talented people around to assist, I will continue doing it.
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