Well, another week gone by. I have pretty much caught up around the house----as much as possible. I should be cleaning toilets, but what's one more day? right? So, I am finally going to finish blogging Tyler's b-day! I have 24 minutes til kids wake up and Tyler gets home from school!!
This was the first b-day party that we ON PURPOSE made CHEAP! And, I am happy to report Tyler had a great time (and I think his friends did too!) Tyler loves to play games, so I thought a game party would be fun.
So--I made this invitation, which I thought was super cute! I had boughten candy in the Dollar Bins at Target that were in board game boxes (so, there was Candy land candy in a Candy Land mini box, Battleship, etc.) So, we hand delivered our invitations and taped a mini game box to the invite! Tyler thought that was cool.
To go along with our "game" theme--we bought each friend either a Bakugan card game (Target after Christmas clearance or a Princess card game (Dollar Tree) and a activity book and a piece of gum and a few pieces of candy. And, do you like our treat BAGS!!! I had those in the cabinet :) My take on treat bags---kids, or parents, throw the crap away after a week anyways. So, I am not big on just giving junk. Of course, my kids LOVE the little trinkets and what not. But, I don't get into big/fancy treat bags---and especially this year.
And, home-made cupcakes!
I thought the "candy-land cake" that is so popular was a bit girlish, so we went super cheap (and easy I will admit) with cupcakes.
None of the kids seem to miss a "fancy/themed" cake!!!
And, guess what.....
we didn't even have ice-cream !!!
Tyler and Hallie
Jacob, Jackson, and CJ
CJ, Hallie, and Megan
We had 4 stations of games and the kids rotated around
1. Tic Tac Toe/Connect 4
2. Trouble
3. Air Hockey Table
4. Twister
Then, we finished up with a group game of Zingo!
Another fun thing---we had each friend bring THEIR favorite game.
So, the kids took turns playing a few "new" games.
Tyler and Ethan
Tyler and Jacob
Tyler, Ethan R., and Jacob have become 3 peas in a pod!
Tyler talks about these 2 boys non-stop!!
Tyler had LOTS of FUN with his friends at his house----just playing games.
Nothing fancy, just good old fashioned PLAYING!!!!!
Happy Birthday Tyler!!!
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