Brian's 5th Birthday Festivities

For months, I'm talkin' like since last fall, Brian has asked almost daily when he can have his Curious George birthday party with his friends.  The day before the party, the boys helped me make the Curious George frosted brownie cake.  Brian and I made this poster for the front door:

I drew this for a the "Feed George Bananas" game:

The party turned out really well.  All eight kids Brian invited came.  We cleared our table and chairs out of the dining room and spread out a picinic blanket on the floor.  The kids had popcorn, we played laundry basket basketball, "Feed George Bananas," and made Space Mud.  The Space Mud didn't turn out, but the kids had a fun time helping me squish it.  Next it was time for presents.  Brian opened all the gifts in less than 5 minutes.  He loved his gifts and thanked his friends.  The brownie cake, mint chocolate chip ice cream, and Hawaiian Punch were all a big hit.  Each kid left with a goody bag.      

Here's some of the party animals:

Yesterday, Brian woke up, dashed into our room, jumped up and down, and said over and over, "It's MY birthday!  I'm 5 years old."  I made Brian a french toast birthday breakfast. 

Here's the birthday crown that Brian made in preschool.  He brought Nutty Buddy bars for the class treat. 

Here's his birthday cards and stickers.  Brian's main present this year was his bunk bed and new bedroom.  (We're still finishing up his room and we'll post pictures when it's done.)  Brian also got a couple of new shirts 

Brian's main present this year was his bunk bed and new bedroom. (We're still finishing up his room and we'll post pictures when it's done.) Brian also got a couple of new shirts, some glowsticks, a laser gun (his favorite), and these quiet activity folders I made him.  These quiet folders were a bigger project that I thought they'd be.  I had to color all the pieces, cut out the pieces, glue them to the folder, get the folders laminated, cut out all the pieces, and put velcro strips in the right spot.  Phew!  I'm glad that project is over with.  I was even smart about it and had small mailing envelopes laminated to the back of the folder to store all the pieces.  The boys loved playing with them and hopefully these activity folders will keep them quiet in church. 

For dinner we had a pepperoni pizza picnic in the dining room. 

We had another frosted brownie cake for dessert.  We felt bad because we couldn't find the special Curious George cake topper we used for the party.  Oh well. 

So we now have an official 5 year old in the house!