Andrew's 5th Birthday Party

Happy Birthday Andrew! We celebrated by having his birthday party at the beginning of July because Grandma Carson was going to be in town and we would be traveling without Daddy during his actual birthday.

Andrew is almost five years old!  He is our handsome, tenderhearted, very smart, and playful boy.  

And he loves ninja turtles!  That was the theme he picked for his party this year.

The kids couldn't wait for the guests to arrive so they waited out in front of the house.

We rented a bouncy house for the party.  It was surprisingly easy because the company came and set it up, tables and chairs were included, and then they came the next day to pack it all up.  It was a big hit!  Since it was a hot day we also had our inflatable pool so the kids could swim and cool off.

Ninja turtle fruit and veggie faces.  Thanks Pinterest for the idea!

Cheese and cracker pizza because TMNT love pizza.  We also had actual pizza to eat as well as green finger jello as the "toxic ooze" that turned the turtles into ninja turtles.

The cupcake cake 5 turned out differently than planned but it was yummy!  They are lemon cupcakes with lemon buttercream frosting.  Andrew requested the flavors of his cupcakes and cake.

His main cake was chocolate with chocolate frosting covered in M&Ms!

We also had ice cream to go with the cake.  Yum!

Eating lunch.

Here are some of the girls.

Mommy made three ninja turtle games, one was to throw cardboard pizza into Mikey's mouth (pictured below), one was to throw rings on cones with ninja turtles faces, and the last was punching cups covered in tissue paper to find the bad guys.

The big surprise of the party was a special guest.... Tyler ordered a Beebop (TMNT villian for those unfamiliar) costume and crashed the party.  Here's a picture for reference for who Tyler is supposed to be.

The party favor I made for everyone was a pool noodle covered in tape in the middle to look like a ninja turtle's staff.  When we were doing all the games I kept telling the kids that ninja turtles need to work together and so when Beebop arrived all the kids rushed to defeat him as we played the TMNT theme song.

It was absolutely hilarious and all the adults couldn't stop laughing.  Some of the girls and younger children didn't know what to think and maybe were a little scared, but most of the kids go really into it.

Tyler was such a good sport and had a lot of fun being chased around the yard by the kids.

The final take down.  I love how happy the kids' faces are in this picture.  After this they took Beebop to "jail" which was inside the house.  Tyler emerged from the house shortly after with all the pizza asking if he had missed anything.

After lunch and the big battle it was time for the pinata!

We found the perfect one!  The purple turtle, Donatello, is Andrew's favorite.

Everyone got a turn.

Then it was cake time!

We had a fun group of kids are the party! Andrew's best friends, Bennett and Liam were there along with their siblings and another family from church.  Two other families weren't able to come because we planned the party a little last minute but all the kids had a blast.

He didn't want us to sing to him again this year so we just said, Happy Birthday Andrew! And he blew out his candle.

Opening present time!

We had a really fun party in the morning and in the afternoon we even played in the bouncy house again.

We are also really glad Grandma could be there for Andrew's party and join in the fun!!

Sylvia walking to play in the bouncy house again.

Happy birthday to our big boy, we love him forever and we are glad we could have the best party to celebrate his 5th birthday.