It was a little chaotic. I guess I'm just not used to that many 5 & 6 year old boys in one place, hyped up on sugar and birthday excitement. But I will admit that at the end of the day I kissed and hugged my boys extra tight and silently thanked Heavenly Father for sending me relatively calm and terror-free boys.
Ahem.
Ok, on with the party. Basically, we had dinner (pizza!) on cute Wreck It Ralph plates (that I had to order online because of course the movie was already waning in popularity and no store stocked them). After that we basically let the boys run wild in the backyard, jump on the trampoline, and play in the treehouse.
We did have one scheduled activity - making candy cars like the ones Vanellope makes in the movie. I baked little chocolate cakes, and the kids decorated them to look like cars using frosting and an assortment of fun candy.
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| Dex with the finished product |
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| Even Jay got in on the fun ... after the party guests had left :) |
But, I think the best part of the party was Jay's amazing Wreck It Ralph cake:
I admit, I doubted him when he said he wanted to make the penthouse, but he pulled it off magnificently! It's made of 4 or 5 8x8 chocolate cakes and decorated with frosting, wafer cookies, and Twizzlers, which we painstakingly cut into brick-sized pieces. We found the cute Wreck It Ralph figurines at the Disney Store. Dexter absolutely loved it.
After cake, it was present time, and then the party came to an end... and we only had 4 stories of cake left over!
Happy Birthday, Dexter! You are wonderful and we love you!
