Happy Birthday Jonah!

Jonah turns NINE years old!! I know, we can't believe it either! Apparently time passes while you're not paying attention.

The long awaited day has finally arrived, Jonah is king for the day, crown and all! The day started with a special request for a family favorite, rice patties, for breakfast along with pizza for lunch and finally burritos (without tomatoes) for dinner. All week we prepared for his party, gift bags, game prep, guest lists and errand running. It was finally time to greet guests and have a great time!
As the guests arrived we shuffled them out to the backyard where Jonah entertained them for a few minutes while everyone got there. Our first activity was a relay race balancing and transfering a chalk egg from spoon to spoon. Jonah was tickled to be on the winning team twice. The next activity was a bit more active. Each child partnered up and tossed water balloons back and forth. Before he knew it, Jonah was the target of all the extra water balloons! He ran away fast, but he was plastered still the same. His dad threw a few at him and amazingly he caught one! In the end Jonah was quite wet and his friends celebrated their success!

After a very yummy pizza lunch it was time for cake. Jonah blew out the candles and ate his cake with gusto. I could tell he was having a wonderful time. As the kids ate their cake, I chatted with one of the moms. She told me it was so nice to see the kids having fun at such an 'old fashioned' party. I was amazed she thought our party was old fashioned!

With time running short and parents starting to arrive we whizzed through presents. Of course the unpredictable makes for the best memories, as you see Jonah here peeking out from gift tissue that was dumped on his head shortly after all the gifts were opened!