Davis is EIGHT!

This May, Davis has turned EIGHT years old! We can't believe it! He had a really awesome SPORTS party this year. The invitations we sent out were made to look like sporting events tickets (took me forever, but were totally worth it!) Kids played a variety of sports games, including an excited noodle soccer relay race!

In this picture the kids are literally dogpiling for pinata candy. We made our own pinata this year and, unfortunately, I did not get a picture of it. It was awesome. We used a beach ball for the form, so it was completely round, then painted it to look like a baseball. It was a lot of fun to do together, except that we didn't put on enough layers and it broke with the third swing! The bottom half fell to the ground with a thud and kids swarmed a three-foot diameter of the playground trying to get at all the candy, which had not bounced very far from where it fell. Ah, well...we know for next time. Definitely more than the three layers all the internet do-it-yourself sites suggest!

Uncle Matt came up (and Grandma too) and made an incredible cake. He totally outdid himself with the lettering. I was in complete awe! The footballs are actually little cocoa rice crispie treats. We found the recipe on the box and they are totally yummy!

You can see in the background that I set up the canopy like a food stand at an arena. We had candy and bags of chips hanging, plus lots of drinks and, of course, hot dogs. The kids went to stations and earned tickets by playing the different games and then turned in the tickets for different foods. It was chaos, but they all loved it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVIS!!!!