looks like this?
Oh, so handsome....a perfect 10, for sure!
Well, to ring in the double digits, this handsome fella celebrated his birthday with his best buds and a military theme!
The overnight party (are you thinking that I'm crazy) was based on their favorite Xbox game, Call of Duty - Black Ops. Let me clarify (insert disclaimer here) that when playing this game, we do have all parental controls in place and we ask all parents for permission before they are allowed to play.
So the afternoon kicked off with swimming (which resulted in Sam having swimmers ear three days later. We were congratulated on being the "first swimmers ear of the season" at the pediatricians office!)
Then the pizza was delivered and we filled their bellies. (These three boys have been friends since they were 18 months old!)
Followed by the perfect cookie cake!
After a little video game playing, and when the sun went down, the real fun began! I had done a lot of planning ahead and coordinated a "Night Vision Goggle Scavenger Hunt"! The boys were so excited!
Earlier in the week, I had made 6 camouflage"care packages" filled with misc. goodies. I asked some of our neighbors for permission to hide the bags in their yards, then wrote missions for each boy to go hunt for the bags.
Each boy donned a headband and a dog tag with their name. (One friend was not able to attend, so Lily was gracious enough to take his place! Wearing his headband and all!) We headed out into the dark with the group and the goggles and the hunt began!
After about an hour, the boys completed all of the missions and I think I was successful in working out a little of their energy.
They retired to the basement to watch a movie and play a few more games. After lots of giggles, chuckles and other miscellaneous noises (remember, it was a group of five boys) the quiet came around 1:15. You may think I'm off my rocker, but after hearing about other overnight parties -- this was a success! **I took the evening shift and hung out downstairs until everyone was asleep and John took the morning shift, to be awake and make breakfast when they woke up. Can you say TEAMWORK?!?!?
They woke up around 7:00 and were greeted with a chocolate chip pancake breakfast! (We felt it only fair to send the boys home full of sugar, since we had kept them overnight!)
What a fun birthday celebration! These boys are great kids and I'm so glad they are friends with Sam!
Fully Recuperated~
Laurie
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