The Big 1-0

Today is Aaron's 10th birthday. He is thrilled to have hit double digits and announced that he is a preteen or at least a tween. I'm not really in agreement with either, but whatever.

We had his party yesterday. PK was off, so it just made sense. We invited three of his friends and their family for a cookout. This was probably the most low key birthday party I have thrown for any of my kids. However, the kids didn't seem to mind and I was able to relax and enjoy!

The Dupuis' (The Dupuises?...I think Sarah was an English major. I'll have to ask her how they do it.) came, minus Allison. Charlie's mom is the Minister of Discipleship at our church and had a youth function, so she dropped Charlie off. With Hannah, it was a perfect number of kids. Rachel was there, but she just watched (a true tween).

We pulled out the slip and slide.

Charlie brought his water gun and Aaron pulled out a couple. They tried to ambush Hannah.

Then she got smart and took the hose off of the slip and slide.

The Dupuis' (Dupuises...whatever) came right before a thunderstorm hit, so Coleman missed out on the water activities. I also finished grilling burgers and hotdogs just before the rain hit. We also had corn on the cob, homemade macaroni and cheese and chips.

Aaron wanted a Lego theme party so I had a friend of mine make him this Lego cake.

I detest goody bags. They are expensive to put together and all the stuff inside usually breaks or is just junk. The last few years, I have tried to come up with alternatives to goody bags. For the Lego party, I bought a container of Legos, dumped them in the middle of the floor and let the kids have at 'em. They worked on this for well over and hour. Whatever they created went home with them. I guess it was a double duty party activity/favor. I spent less on the tub of Legos than I would have spent had I bought stuff for goody bags and an activity. It was also less messy than the painting activities I have done in the past. Not that those aren't fun, it was just easier.

Coleman, Aaron, Charlie and Hannah with their creations.

All in all, another successful party.