5 1/2 already?? Where does the time go??

By now, if you've been following my blog at all, you know that we celebrate half birthdays in this house.  Mainly it's so that Big can have a fun party with his friends without the hustle and bustle of Christmas time.  It works out great for us, too, because it means we don't need to host oodles of kids in our house!  We always have outside parties for the kids half birthdays in the summer and so far we've been very lucky with the weather!

This summer, Big wanted to combine pretty much every. single. thing he loves into one giant party.  We invited 14 of his closest friends and had a Lego/Star Wars/Ninjago party at the bike track.  Most of the kids hadn't been to the track before so I was a little nervous.  But luckily, just about all of the kids loved it!!  We've even recruited a few of them to race night :)

Here's some pictures of the extravaganza:

Green Ninja Cookies

Lego Rice Krispie Squares

Green Ninja cake

Storm Trooper sandwiches (Seriously!!)

This is a ridiculous storm trooper cheese ball!

Light sabers!  These were a total pain in the rear to make but the kids loved them!  I was surprised!

I just think he's cute :)

Lego drink boxes

Ninja water bottles (I got the printouts off the internet...can't remember which site)

Ninja balloons (all of which popped or floated away before the end of the party...oops!)

Lego pizza

I spy the Lego guy game :)

Dog tags for each kid.  I got these off the internet.  Again, can't remember the site.  But I printed them and laminated them.  I also got stickers from the same website that say "Property of".  I thought they'd be good for the kids going to school/daycare.  

The candles kept blowing out in the wind :)

There were a few other things I put together for the party but these are all I took pictures of.  I made little lego head plates that I thought were totally fun but when i asked Big after if he liked the plates, he said "What plates?"  He totally didn't notice.  My friend asked him today what his favorite part of the party was and he said, "biking on the track!"  When she asked him if he liked the cookies and the cakes and all the other stuff I made for his party, he said, "no, I just liked the biking part!"

<sigh>  The good thing is, I like doing that kind of stuff :)  And one day, he'll look back on all these parties I gave him and think, "Wow!  My mom's awesome!"  

He will think that one day, right??? :)