Happy Birthday Joshua!
In August, Joshua turned 8. Turning 8 is a big deal!! Lowell and I had a lot of fun planning and throwing a Scooby doo Party for Joshua and his friends. WOW! Eight year old boys have a lot of energy!
A few weeks before the party we hand delivered invitations.
This was an ALL BOY party and we were thrilled when 5 of 6 boys Joshua invited were able to be there.
okay... all boys and one super cute little girl who insisted on being in the picture!
Before the fun began we explained that we were going to give the boys some training to be SECRET AGENTS!! We started with an obstacle course that my very creative husband came up with. We joked that it took a half hour to set it all up and 30 seconds for each kid to run through it. They really were quick. We timed each of them and the competition was on to beat the best time. We took lots of pictures...
bounce the basketball around the cones... toss the basket ball, grab the big bouncy ball and bounce over to the boxes...
step through the boxes and run under the caution sign...
around the island in the kitchen, limbo under the streamers, and crawl under the table...
we missed pictures of them shooting a beach ball into the laundry basket and running to the finish line. Too much laughing and cheering! (Yes, the house was trashed when this party came to an end!
)
Next we took a cheese doodle break and looked for clues to find what objects were missing in the pictures.
After that, came the Scooby-doo Mystery (as promised in the invite). Lowell was the creator of this as well. I made the super cute cards/envelopes with clues. We split the boys up into two teams; Team Scooby and Team Shaggy. They followed the clues (different clues that eventually led to the same place). It was fun to watch them wander around the house trying to go as fast as they could to get to the treasure first. This came to an end with one of the teams finding the GOLD COINS!! (They were chocolate coins which were quickly eaten!)
Time for a lunch break. On the menu... pizza, cheese doodles, corn chips, apple slices, and juice boxes (Joshua picked the whole menu!!)
Following lunch, we sang "Happy Birthday" and had birthday cup cakes. The cake didn't turn out as super cool as I would have liked (it's supposed to be a dog bone), but the boys didn't seem to notice as they dug in!
After lunch we opened presents..
Next, we diffused a bomb. We filled 30+ black and yellow balloons. One of them was full of confetti. We gave each of the boys paper clips, said "ready, set, go" and off they went popping all the balloons until one of them "diffused the bomb" and sent confetti flying all over the room...
Anyone thinking "Has Becky lost her marbles?" yet?
After that we did "chalk" (masking tape... I haven't completely lost my marbles) outlines of all the boys. I can't believe I forgot to snap a picture of the finished product. The boys really got into this. Some of them requested to have an arm or a leg be missing from their outline. Most of them stuck their tongue out pretending to be dead while they were being traced. It was funny to watch. All of them were so excited to stand up and see the finished outline.
A few hours of fun later, parents started showing up to pick up the boys. As party favors we sent them home with Secret Agent badges, book safes (made by Lowell), and goodie bags!
This was a great group of boys and we all (even Lowell and I... Tylee too obviously) had a great time!
We enjoyed the rest of the Joshua's birthday together with lots of other fun things. Later that evening Joshua opened the rest of his presents.
We all had a good laugh when Joshua opened the same gift from Mom & Dad and Grandma & Grandpa P. Luckily they were different sizes, so now Joshua will have the same (super cool) shirt for a while.
Joshua knew he was getting all his Cub Scout stuff for his birthday, but was still thrilled with it. He has seen me sewing patches on for a month before his birthday. Isn't he handsome!?
HAPPY 8th BIRTHDAY JOSHUA!!
A few weeks before the party we hand delivered invitations.
This was an ALL BOY party and we were thrilled when 5 of 6 boys Joshua invited were able to be there.
okay... all boys and one super cute little girl who insisted on being in the picture!
Before the fun began we explained that we were going to give the boys some training to be SECRET AGENTS!! We started with an obstacle course that my very creative husband came up with. We joked that it took a half hour to set it all up and 30 seconds for each kid to run through it. They really were quick. We timed each of them and the competition was on to beat the best time. We took lots of pictures...
bounce the basketball around the cones... toss the basket ball, grab the big bouncy ball and bounce over to the boxes...
step through the boxes and run under the caution sign...
around the island in the kitchen, limbo under the streamers, and crawl under the table...
we missed pictures of them shooting a beach ball into the laundry basket and running to the finish line. Too much laughing and cheering! (Yes, the house was trashed when this party came to an end!
)Next we took a cheese doodle break and looked for clues to find what objects were missing in the pictures.
After that, came the Scooby-doo Mystery (as promised in the invite). Lowell was the creator of this as well. I made the super cute cards/envelopes with clues. We split the boys up into two teams; Team Scooby and Team Shaggy. They followed the clues (different clues that eventually led to the same place). It was fun to watch them wander around the house trying to go as fast as they could to get to the treasure first. This came to an end with one of the teams finding the GOLD COINS!! (They were chocolate coins which were quickly eaten!)
Time for a lunch break. On the menu... pizza, cheese doodles, corn chips, apple slices, and juice boxes (Joshua picked the whole menu!!)
Following lunch, we sang "Happy Birthday" and had birthday cup cakes. The cake didn't turn out as super cool as I would have liked (it's supposed to be a dog bone), but the boys didn't seem to notice as they dug in!
After lunch we opened presents..
Next, we diffused a bomb. We filled 30+ black and yellow balloons. One of them was full of confetti. We gave each of the boys paper clips, said "ready, set, go" and off they went popping all the balloons until one of them "diffused the bomb" and sent confetti flying all over the room...
Anyone thinking "Has Becky lost her marbles?" yet?
After that we did "chalk" (masking tape... I haven't completely lost my marbles) outlines of all the boys. I can't believe I forgot to snap a picture of the finished product. The boys really got into this. Some of them requested to have an arm or a leg be missing from their outline. Most of them stuck their tongue out pretending to be dead while they were being traced. It was funny to watch. All of them were so excited to stand up and see the finished outline.
A few hours of fun later, parents started showing up to pick up the boys. As party favors we sent them home with Secret Agent badges, book safes (made by Lowell), and goodie bags!
This was a great group of boys and we all (even Lowell and I... Tylee too obviously) had a great time!
We enjoyed the rest of the Joshua's birthday together with lots of other fun things. Later that evening Joshua opened the rest of his presents.
We all had a good laugh when Joshua opened the same gift from Mom & Dad and Grandma & Grandpa P. Luckily they were different sizes, so now Joshua will have the same (super cool) shirt for a while.
Joshua knew he was getting all his Cub Scout stuff for his birthday, but was still thrilled with it. He has seen me sewing patches on for a month before his birthday. Isn't he handsome!?
HAPPY 8th BIRTHDAY JOSHUA!!
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