The force was with us...

Here's more on Tyler's birthday. The last picture was Tyler at school. He was thrilled to pass out donuts to his class.

We did a Star Wars theme. We made little light sabers for the invitations and requested that the guests report for training in preparation for the clone wars. I made light sabers out of water noodles and outfits from cut out sheets. Each kid had a name that fit with a star wars character (Corbyn was Corbi-wan-kanobi, Gerritt was Ger Ger Binks... and so forth.) I was Darth Mom and Kev was Master Keven.

They had to pass 4 different levels in order to become Master Jedi's. This included light saber training, blaster training, physical training then the final one where they had to prove their bravery by going into the 'cave of fear' (our dark cellar.) They seemed to have a great time- Tyler certainly did. Here are some pics from the party. 

We had our family over for dinner the night after since we had a church function to attend that night. (Before you think I'm horrible for leaving on his birthday night, think of it as my getaway from all the craziness of the day. Plus, I think of it has the never-ending birthday since he got to celebrate again the next day.)

I got some cash at the store for the weekend and Tyler saw the $20 bill I had. He wanted to know why he didn't have one and I told him he needed to earn it, and it would take a lot of work. I had happened to tell my mom about it, so she decided to give him that for a present and then he could go pick out his own thing. He was so excited to get it, and he is, as of now, unwilling to spend it! 

It was a great weekend, we had a lot of fun. Thanks to all who gave him gifts, he loved them all!