Kevin's 5th Birthday: Part 1

Kevin's 5th birthday is this Tuesday, April 28th. My first born is almost 5 years old! and I'm on my third baby! Boy how time flys when your having boys.

This weekend he had a small party with his friends. I asked him who he wanted to come to his birthday party and he said "Rowan, Kellen and Colton". So we decided to just leave it at that. No big party like last year. At the last minute we also invited Charlotte. She is our neighbor (along with Rowan). She is also 2 1/2 like Ashton. Besides the noise level, the other thing that is nice about a smaller party (for moms that is) is that means only a few new toys are added to the too big of a collection he already has.

The kids had fun playing Hullabaloo...

Monopoly...

and Scrabble Jr....

Eating pizza...

Opening presents...

and eating cupcakes!

As you can see, the cupcakes didn't turn out as nice as I had hoped. I frosted them the night before and I think a few were a little too warm still. Darn it. The kids didn't seem to care and they still tasted good. A little too good, because I couldn't stop eating them!

This year my goal was to plan a party for a lot less money then years past. What I normally do is have custom invitations made and mailed to about 15 people. I buy a bunch of decorations to go with the theme of the party along with matching plates, napkins etc. Purchase a specially decorated birthday cake. Buy party favors for 10-15 kids and give the birthday boy lots of presents.

This year I sent an evite to 3 people. I recycled decorations from past parties. Bought plates and napkins from the Dollar Tree. Baked my own cupcakes (as you can see above). Sent the kids home with a balloon that was part of the decorations, and only bought Kevin two presents.

I was very proud of myself! And guess what?? I don't think Kevin even noticed a difference!