Derek's Birthday

When I was pregnant with Derek, I wanted to be induced as far away as possible from Halloween. I'm sure glad I did that. It is so hard trying to get everything ready for a birthday party and then switch gears quickly into Halloween. After cleaning up from one party, we move on to the next!

Derek's 6th birthday was on Thursday, Oct 25th. We pulled Makayla and Emma out of school and went to lunch at McDonald's. Even Mark took time from work to come with us. Later that night, we had our family gifts and a low key evening.

Booty on the table

Makayla and her two friends were a huge help for the party.

Making pizzas.

playing the mummy wrap game

Derek wrapping up Shane

Luke wrapped up??

Luke breaking free of toilet paper

It's pinata time!

 

Opening presents from Luke and Noah

 

Friday was Derek's friends party at our house. Every time I asked him what kind of party he wanted, he would switch the theme. It was everything from airplanes and red-eyed tree frogs to Jake and the Neverland pirates. I decided I would choose and chose a pirate theme. It seemed like the easiest thing for decorating and finding stuff at the store. He loved it!

We made personal pizzas when the boys arrived and while they cooked, they played outside on the scooters. After they ate, we did the pinata, played the mummy wrap game, ate cake and ice cream, opened presents and played some more outside on the scooters. It was a lot of fun and everyone had a great time. (At least they seemed like they did!)