Birthday Party

We had a joint birthday party for Kale and Alana on Saturday. They had all of their favorite friends over to celebrate. We had 11 kids over, (including our own). It was pretty chaotic, but a lot of fun for the kids. I don't know why I bothered cleaning up before the party.

We played pin the tail on the donkey, but the kids were more interested in running around playing, so we took it outside and did the pinata. Very funny to watch them take turns hitting the pinata, although somewhat scary to keep track of everyone when the bat is swinging. I learned that the truck pinata was not the best choice, because it was very hard to break. One of the olders kids hit it open a little, and finally just pulled in open. It worked.

After the pinata, we let the kids run in the yard and play. (of course eating candy all the while) Ten kids trying to share the slide was pretty funny. They did a good job though.

Then it was inside for cake. Kale and Alana were both so excited to pick out the costco cake last week, and of course they didn't really eat it. Kale ate a little bit of the frosting, and Alana had maybe two bites of cake. They just wanted to play with their friends.

Kaleb was so grumpy when everyone left. It was hilarious. He wanted everyone to stay and play. He even did very well sharing his new toys with everyone. I'm not sure he believes me that his birthday is all over for this year, since he has had 5 parties of some sort. Next year we definately need to scale things down!

After Alana's birthday on Saturday, we will be all done with the birthday's for a good while. That will be a welcome relief!