McCallum's 5th Birthday Bash

I can't believe we are celebrating Mac's 5th Birthday!  It is just blowing my mind that this little boy is growing up so stinking fast!  It really does seem like just yesterday we were bringing this kid home from the hospital!  Time really does seem to fly!

Even though it was a little early, we had McCallum's birthday party today!  We make the kids wait till they are at least five before we allow a friend party... that's for my own sanity.  Well, today we did it, we concord the first of many little boy birthday bashes!  I have to say, the boys are a lot easier than the girls!  In fact, I almost wished we would have done it a little bit longer so it didn't feel so rushed.... ALMOST.  Mac decided that he wanted a Superhero party.  All the kids came dressed up as their favorite hero and we made some masks, then ate pizza to fuel up for some superhero training courses!  First, we had the lasers of doom and the wall of death!  The kids had to maneuver through the lasers without getting burned or killed, once in Mac's room they had to climb his climbing wall of death to retrieve their prize!  I think the kids really liked it... simple is the way to go!

Next, we assessed their abilities as superhero's by running them through our obstacle course. The kids had to run through the tire and punch the first ninja/bad guy out of the way so that they could throw the football through the tire.  Next, they advanced to the next bad guy and had to attack him to get to the tire.  The kids had to climb up into the tire where there were webs (silly string) waiting for them.  They had to shoot their webs at the ninja/bad guy in front of them.  After they had shot their webs they could advance to the ladder.  Atop the ladder there was a bomb that they had to retrieve.  Once they and their bombs were safely to the ground they had to hurdle over a series of sandbags to a safe area to defuse the bomb that contained their prize.

It was really cute to watch all the kids go through and show off their Superhero skills!  It was a lot of fun!  Jared really got into it with the kids and made it a big hit!  After that it was cake and presents!  With the little time we had remaining the kids all got a balloon jet pack that they could pretend to fly around the yard till their parents could come get them!  Armed with all their prizes and some Kryptonite (green rock candy) they were out the door and Jared and I were pooped!  It was a lot of fun though!  Note to self... your fingers are going to kill for hours after ting that many freaking balloons!  THE THINGS WE DO FOR OUR KIDS OUT OF PURE LOVE!!