Argh Matey! Big Boy Birthday Madness!

While I need to blog about our wonderful Christmas, I have so many pictures I haven't finished going through them all. I do have for you though, Big Boy's 5th birthday party that we held on Jan 3rd. (This was actually the first time we haven't actually had his party on his actual birthday, Dec 31st!) Since it is well known that our kids like to bounce, we figured it would be worth it to splurge a bit and have most of Big Boy's party Pump-It-Up. We then invited everyone back to our house for pizza, cake and presents. So without further ado, enjoy the following of Big Boy's party!

Me and "Guya" & Boopy and Uncle D

Miss daredevil, Boopy would not wait for Papa Vaughn, Big Boy and Uncle D to go down the slide with her. She had no fear and simply slide herself down on her belly!

Look at that I actually managed to snag both my kiddos for a quick picture. Pretty amazing when there was non-stop fun to be had!

Pooped out from lots and lots of bouncing!

Big Boy loves air hockey

Saying thank you to everyone for coming!

We started the party at Pump-It-Up at 10 am and finished up just in time for lunch. Since it was so much cheaper for us to share pizza at home, we opted out of the party room provided and ordered up Divinci's for everyone back at our house. This also helped because I don't think we could have safely transported the awesome cake that Papa Vaughn made for Big Boy. I'm so proud of his effort on this cake, especially considering Papa had to work until 11 pm the night before the party. He really wanted to make Big Boy's birthday cake so he ended up being up until 2 am working on it (however, that includes the baking time and he made cupcakes too!). Granted he did ice it in the morning after a run to SaveMart for gummy sharks, alligators and a few candies to help with the decorations. Overall, a wonderful cake that Papa should be very proud of. Plus, Big Boy was SOOO thrilled and excited about his cake.

Boopy got to have one of the gummy alligators.

Finally it was time to open presents. Big Boy REALLY REALLY wanted to open his presents. We almost couldn't get him to leave to go to Pump-It-Up because he wanted to open presents. Then on our way back home, poor Boopy got distraught because it wasn't her birthday and she wouldn't be getting presents. What can I say but it's hard to be little. She ended up being really good and watched Big Boy open the presents and only helped him when he said she could. It's a good thing too that he loves his sister and shares really well with her.

A little after half of our guests left, I had a realization that we never broke the pirate pinata I splurged and let Big Boy get! What can I say, busy mom's are far far from perfect! Regardless, those that stayed had fun breaking it with us, even if the handle broke and the kids ended up just beating it open on the ground! HaHa!

Big Boy got the first swing.

I was a bit worried that poor "Uncle" Chris would end up with a black eye or bruised shoulder!

All in all, a wonderful and happy birthday celebration. Now to let it sink in that Big Boy is really 5 years old. Seriously where does the time go?