Jake's birthday

Jake had a great birthday! After Becka's Harry Potter party last June, I was excited to have a break...until Jake asked for a Star Wars party.
After hours and searching the internet, I came up with a pretty fun party plan (if I do say so myself, lol!). The invitations were made to look like the words scrolling at the beginning of each Star Wars movie.


When the boys got here, we started with an obstacle course to test their skill and agility. Steve set it up. First, they had to go through the "webs of despair" (strings strung across the doorway in a web type pattern), then jump over the Lake of Woes (a blue towel). Next they had to go through the dark caves (under Rachie's doll crib), and once out, they had to put on a Jedi robe and choose a light saber to bring with them for the remainder of the course. Then they ran across the swamp (an old crib mattress), and into the kitchen where they had to eat one "Jedi Energy Pellet" (Mike & Ike candy) before continuing on to the 'Swamps of Catan" and reaching the finish. We timed each boy and then their Jedi Master (Steve) did it. He totally rocked it and beat them all!

After that, they had a class on balance and flexibility (yoga) and learned different stances and techniques that would be helpful to them when using their Jedi weapons (Light Sabers).


Next, we took them into the "Jedi Training Facility Storage Unit" (the garage) and had them practice using "The Force" to open and shut the door. We had a couple of them tricked for a little while on that one.

Next it was target practice using ball blasters. After that, we had presents, cake and ice cream. I made cupcakes with Darth Vader on them.


For the last test so that they could "graduate" from Jedi Training, we attacked the Death Star (the kids and I made a pinata to look like it).


After that part, we had a "graduation ceremony" where each of them received their graduation certificate and a light saber (I made light sabers out of skinny bats I found at the dollar store).


They took the light sabers outside and played until all the parents came. It was fun and crazy and tiring! I never want to have ten litle boys in my house all together like that again! I had invited 14, so even though it was a bummer that some of them couldn't make it, I was sort of glad it turned out that way!

All in all, it was lots of fun. I am happy to have it over with though. Isn't that bad? I just have had so much on my plate lately and with me being sick last week, life was just too crazy. I have finally had some time each day so far this week where I could relax a little bit, and I have been trying to get to bed earlier than usual, so that seems to be helping me also.

I can't believe my little boy is 7 years old! He is a big kid now. He is learning and growing up so quickly. I just want my babies to stay babies!!!!