Nerf War

Aaron turned 12 today.  We almost have a second teenager in our house!!

He wanted to have some friends over for his birthday, so he had a sleepover.  We decided on a Nerf theme and used the orange and blue colors of the Nerf guns to decorate.  We ordered mini Nerf guns and gave one to each guest.  That way I made sure everyone had a Nerf gun and it was also in place of a goody bag.  All of the boys brought their own Nerf guns, but they really liked the minis.

We started out with pizza.  Hannah hung out with the boys most of the evening and they were all really nice to her.

This was one of the easiest birthday cakes ever.  I purchased a cookie cake that was actually decorated for Father's Day.  I removed the Father's Day decorations and added this small Nerf gun and some Nerf darts.  I had the little Happy Birthday sign from a previous birthday.

After the cake, the kids had a Nerf war.

We hung hula hoops from the deck to use as target practice.  The idea was to shoot darts through the hoops.

We hung balloons on the trampoline to use as targets and then, of course, there was some jumping on the trampoline.

I think they ran around from the back yard to the front for about two hours in the course of their Nerf battle.  It was so much fun to watch.





This was Hannah's ambush position up in the tree.  She and Aaron both wore orange and blue to match the theme.

The boys chose to have Aaron open his gifts before going outside.

Hannah gave him this Webkinz.  His face in the first picture shows that he is excited, but I love the expression in the next picture.

His friend, Zac, gave him this Nerf gun which is why the boys wanted to have him open gifts before the Nerf battle.

All that running around outside wore them out.  They put their sleeping bags down in PK's office and watched a movie.  This is what I found when I went to wake them for breakfast.