Caden's Party Weekend

It's Monday morning and we're all recovering from a very busy, but super awesome birthday party weekend! Even though his actual birthday isn't for another week, I like to put a little space between my kids' parties and actual birthdays so each event is special without being too overwhelming. We kicked things off on Saturday with his very first friend party at Prairie Kids Club in Sun Prairie. I was incredibly fortunate to win this birthday package at the end of the year MOPS raffle last year, providing us with an great space to have the party.

Every kid that has a party there gets to put their hand print on the wall.

They also get a t-shirt that everyone can sign for the birthday boy.

I love Prairie Kids Club because they have two gigantic gyms filled with unique things kids can just run around and play on. Even though we only had nine kids at the party (two of them babies!), we still had an entire gym to ourselves and everyone just went wild!

These running trampoline things are always Shepard's favorite.

They also had a huge bouncy maze filled up, which isn't around during regular open gym times.

I was happy to spend some time with my goddaughter, McKenna. I need to see her more often!

Shepard's other favorite thing.

After an hour of free play, we went back to the party room for dessert! I didn't want to bother with a cake, so I made toadstool rainbow cupcakes (Caden's request) and chocolate Mario mustache cupcakes for people that didn't want permanently colored mouths! I also had two kinds of ice cream sundaes pre-scooped and ready. It worked very well!

The birthday boy!

Shepard was pretty proud of himself for helping Caden blow out the candle. :)

A little bit scary, a lot messy!

Yikes!

We went back to the gym to open presents.

Shepard entertained us with dancing while we waited.

Mario blanket! When we opened it up at home yesterday the boys immediately decided to use it as a running mat and then used it to make a fort. They love their blankets!

Shepard and Bronson are very curious about the presents!

Looking through the treat bags.

And that's it for Saturday's party! I'd say it was quite a success and I'm really glad we had the opportunity to have this kind of party for him (for free!). He had an awesome time!

On Sunday we had a laid back family only gathering to celebrate. It was supposed to be held at a park, but of course it rained. I didn't want to have another cake, so we had a donut tower!

Waiting until 10:00 to eat a donut was absolute torture for the boys!

Blowing the candle out. And blowing on all the donuts. So I'm sorry in advance for every single one of you who will probably have a cold by tomorrow. Caden has a full blown cold this morning - didn't realize that yesterday. :(

Present time!

Shepard has been so convinced the last few weeks that it's also his birthday, so the grandmas gave him some presents too. He LOVES this Mickey Mouse book. He looked at it all night and first thing when he got up this morning.

You can always use another Mario shirt. :) His teachers probably thinks Mario shirts are all he owns because he keeps picking them out every single day.

Outer space puzzle! He's been wanting this one!

He was really excited about this one because it was "a package!!!" Every time I get a package in the mail he asks if it's for him and gets so upset when it's not. Why would he be getting a package when he doesn't have a way to order anything? Lol.

Caden has this obsession with collecting magazine inserts. He used to write on them, but now he apparently just collects them. Grandma gave him a special lock box to keep them in - very exciting!

Monster feet.

Uncle Tyler gave Caden a helicopter, which Greg immediately claimed for himself. I think he had a little too much fun playing with it the rest of the day!

A voice changer. Kind of scary!

Still having fun with the helicopter.

Trying to scare Rory with it now.

Back to the voice changer. Shepard claimed this one for himself.

And that's it! Everyone hung around awhile playing with all the toys. I didn't take any more pictures because I was having a major sugar crash or something. It was not a very healthy eating weekend! At any rate, it was a fantastic party - both of them! This morning Caden said to me, "Mom, everyone give me everything I wanted!" He's very happy. :) Thank you!