After considering many party themes, Adam finally decided on and got very excited about "a night at the movies." This meant we got to use the cool movie theater room in the basement, popcorn that Adam's pretty much obsessed with, and other fun ideas that we got kinda carried away with. Cousins even came up to spend the night! Thanks guys, we all had a great time!
Bonnie, Libby, Adam, and Nate with a little pre-party swimming
Now to spend some time with Jack and Sadie
Let's get this party started!! The kids lined up at the ticket booth, "paid" for their ticket, and were escorted down the red carpet to theater #6 (get it? 'cuz he's 6 now?! right) to watch the movie "Despicable Me". Great flick.
The candy counter. Way too much sugar going around that room!
And of course Aimee volunteered to be our professional popcorn server:)
Movie time. The easiest party of the party!
Ever since we made his cousin James one for his birthday a couple of years ago, Adam's been really wanting a volcano cake. At first I tried to see if he wanted something that went along with the theme a little better, but who's to challenge the birthday boy?! So here's our volcano cake, complete with red candy "lava" shooting out. Oh, and little confetti mini volcanoes with lava too, of course. Oh, also in the pic was one of Adam's favorite gifts: cotton candy machine! This was awesome! And so easy. Heat it up, throw in some sugar OR a piece of hard candy (genius!), and out comes your cotton candy! It was a hit.
Adam was spoiled rotten! We had so much fun and are so grateful for the school friends, church friends, cousins, aunts, and uncles who were able to join us!! Oh yeah, the kids were invited to come dressed as their favorite movie character,...and they did! They had such a fun time with it. Adam's been watching some of the Harry Potter movies lately, so that's who he chose to be. By the time this picture came around, though, the costume had long-since been shed.
Even Nacho took a little dip
Oh yeah, Pebbles and Bam Bam made an appearance as well... though Bam Bam's costume didn't quite get finished in time. Oh well, we did our best with the time we had that day.
My most anticipated part of the evening was a certain special surprise delivery. I'd told Adam that he still had one more surprise, but it was something he'd have to wait to be delivered. It got here just before the party was supposed to start, and my friend Wendy helped me give it a quick wrap so Adam could come out and open it up...
Surprise! My sister Karin actually took this pic, so it's from behind (I need to track down the after pictures that I took). It's a visit from Karin and her kids! Her 3 oldest were SO excited to surprise Adam on his birthday. All 3 of them hopped in this wardrobe box, I did a quick wrapping of the top and called him out to open his big surprise that was finally delivered. The kids jumped out and I could just see the shock, confusion, and joy on his face. Karin drove all the way from Idaho to spend a few days with us and I almost couldn't keep it a surprise from Adam. I'm so glad we did, though; he was totally shocked! We have a video of it; it was great. The best surprise of the day, according to Adam:)
There's that cotton candy! Not that the kids needed any more sugar...
Sadie and Joseph, actually happily sharing!
Again, thank you everyone for the great night! Every person there made it extra special and just the perfect night for Adam. Couldn't wipe the smile off his face for days!
