Caleb's Superhero Bounce Party!

We sent out the above invitation to our friends and family to invite them to Caleb's 5th birthday party. This year, he specifically told us he wanted a party. Our friends Chris & Lisa had a Doubletake deal for "That Bounce Place" that they gave us to use, so the bounce house rental was half price (thanks, friends!).

Caleb wanted to be Captain America, so we bought him the costume. I found the iron man costume for Joshua then, and they were thrilled to wear them on Saturday morning, July 6, even though it was HOT and humid.

 I picked up the cake from Giant (the only place that had anything "Avengers") at 8 am. I didn't realize that his cake topper lighted up, etc. until AFTER the party was over and I was throwing out the box. Whoops!

 The bounce house people arrived a little earlier than 8:30 am to set up the superheroes bounce house.

We purchased extra masks if any child wanted one, and we bought Avengers plastic cups as giveaways, filled with M&M's (Caleb's favorite candy) as the thank you gift for coming.

The snack table was also "Avenger" themed, but the only helium balloons we could find were Spider Man. Oh well! It's all super heroes, anyway!

Caleb's friend Isabella came dressed as Wonderwoman!

Her baby brother had on a super heroes shirt that said "BAM, ZAP, POW!" and had a little cape on the back. Poor Ryan did not have a costume or a shirt, but he didn't seem to mind!

Here are Daddy & Caleb jumping in the bounce house!

 Surprisingly, I think Ryan loved it the most out of anyone there! He kept begging to go back in for "more bouncy house." Even with it being in the 90s and humid, he was LOVING it!

In addition to the bounce house, the kids had a blast playing baseball with our real bases and pitcher Uncle Brian.

Here's cousin Jordyn and Ryan playing beach ball in the shade. Did I mention how hot it was!?!?!

 Soon it was time for the birthday boy to blow out his candles!

He had friends Julia and Sam from his preschool class last year (not related at all), cousins Grant & Jenavieve and Ben & Jordyn from Shawn's side and cousins Daniel & John from my side, and our family friends the Grube's. We kept the party intentionally small since there was a child & weight limit for the bounce house. :) :) :) Plus all the grandparents were traveling or away that weekend.

We served cake, three kinds of ice cream that Caleb picked out, Doritos, pretzels, grapes and snacks, along with lots of juice boxes and water. After everyone was finished eating, we let Caleb open his gifts. He was excited to get this new water gun & a new football, a sprinkler and pool rings, some super heroes, craft items and paint brushes and other fun toys.

 
After a majority of the friends had left, we invited Chris & Lisa and family to stay for lunch. We had pizza and then we all bounced in the bounce house afterward. FUN!

They left early in the afternoon, and our family bounced the rest of the day until the folks came to pick it up at 6 pm.

 
 The kids would do silly moves and we would go back and forth trying to do silly things like see if we could jump high enough to hit our head (only daddy could) or bounce on our bums, etc. The boys LOVED it, even though it was super hot!

After the folks came and picked it up, we took the boys out for more fun for dinner. Shawn suggested the McDonald's play land in Willow Street as a place we'd never been to before. It sounded like an adventure, so we said sure.

There was a little boy there between Caleb & Ryan's age who played with our kids and was having fun. There was a tree house to climb and a basket-a-ball thing for Ryan to try and an air hockey table, etc.

When we were done, we drove through County Park, but it started to rain so we ended up not getting out of the minivan.

Instead, we went home and after playing for a little while, we gave the kids a bath and then got them in their pajamas. Caleb requested that snack time be more cake and ice cream, and we said okay to that request. It was his birthday weekend, after all!

 
 We had had a really fun and very exhausting day!

 Ryan LOVED the bounce house! Caleb was thrilled to see his friends at his party and to have all his new gifts to play with!

 

Can you tell someone little enjoyed cake at this table? See the hand print? What a fun day!