Jumpy Birthday Party

When I realized Ali and Logan's birthdays were coming up, I immediately knew I wasn't up to planning a big party for a bunch of friends like I did last year; there is still so much going on with the moving process. But I also knew I wanted to do something to celebrate another wonderful year with these two. Since we have two extra seats in our car, I asked them each to pick one friend to invite for a special birthday party. There were lots of friends they would have loved to include, but simple was the theme of this party. That morning we picked up both friends and headed over to Monkey Joes, a jumpy place near our home. The four of them were so fun to watch running, jumping, laughing, and playing.

Eli had been as excited to go as anyone, but when it got right down to it he wasn't really a fan. Jason convinced him to go down one slide towards the end. He must have been proud of his bravery because he said, "Show Mommy Slide!" and went down one more with me watching before he called it quits:)

Taking a little break.

I was a little surprised at how daring Logan was: he jump/dove down each slide!

And this one of Ali might be my favorite of the whole day!

After about an hour, we went home and decorated cupcakes. Again, simple was the name of the game. Oh, you want hats? Let's see what we have (some Burger King crowns may have been used so that everyone had a hat...). Of course you want candles to blow out...good thing I have some in the cupboard. And oh, yeah, we should probably send home a goodybag with their generous friends...lunch paper sacks filled with goodies we had around the house will do nicely, I think!

When all was said and done we all had a great time and it took almost no effort to plan. It was a fun day with out two favorite almost five-year-olds! They are sure something to celebrate!