Scott's Epic Intergalactic 5th Birthday Party

Starting off with my favorite part, the cake. I had thought about frozen buttercream transfers, like I did with Dean's birthday cake. But Scott wanted all of the Jedis, and I didn't think I had the talent for that. Plus I'm not good at making black frosting for outlining, and Jedis have a lot of black. So I went the easy route: edible printed image. People on the internet will make anything. I ordered the picture, made the cake, and did some fancy decorating.

I'll school you. The Clone Wars take place between Episodes II and III of Star Wars (the prequels), when Anakin Skywalker is a tough Jedi and the clones are good guys fighting the Separatists and all the evil droids. We've been watching the animated series via Netflix, and it is full of Jedi action. In comparison, the prequels have way too much talking. Actually, you wouldn't need a comparison for that. Zing! Also, animated Anakin is much better looking than human actor Anakin (you can't tell that from the cake because I accidentally got a water droplet right on Anakin's face and made it blurry).

Anyway, we invited every boy of preschool age in Scott's school to the party. He had one rule: no girls. He later added a second rule: no sleeping at the party. The party was held at the Jump Around Fun Zone, because we have no desire to host a party at our house. The Fun Zone has 3 or 4 inflatable structures plus air hockey.

Dean and his tongue waited for Max and Corey to play air hockey.

Dean on the big slide. Adults aren't allowed on the play structures, so luckily Dean has just enough coordination to pull himself up the inflatable ladder, usually with a line of kids waiting impatiently behind him.

I didn't get a lot of pictures of Scott, because he was busy. This is Corey saying, "Scott, come on!" Note the too-big Clone Wars shirt and Scott's red cheeks.

Dean fancies himself a Big Kid, so he joined the party in the bounce house.

Yeah, the bounce house got a little crazy. All of those boys are with our party. Dean is in the blue shirt, crawling away, and Scott is laying down in the front being attacked or something.

Yes, the internet can oversupply you with anything. I bought cardboard Clone masks, they were a huge hit. I heard that some kids went to the farmers market afterwards wearing their masks, other kids wore them at home all week.

After bouncing, we went to the party room.

Yes, that is a Clone Wars tablecloth. The boys ate fruit, cheese and crackers on Clone Wars plates and drank water from Clone Wars cups.

Then we did the cake ceremony. Here's a video of Scott having trouble blowing out the candles.

Then we ate cake!

Dean grabbed a handful of candles and shoved them into his own slice of cake, because that's what you do.

Then he was offended that someone tried to feed him. By the way, do you see I made it two (uneven) layers? And it was delicious.

Present time! Then we sent everyone home with favor boxes.

Can you believe the things that exist? Star Wars favor boxes with a 3-D Death Star on top?

Everyone got a Pez dispenser.

And a Storm Trooper bracelet.

And a Boba Fett chocolate lollipop, again from the category of Things People on the Internet will Make and Sell to You.

We come in peace.

That's mostly the end of the party. As a bonus, here's a picture Scott took of the book we are reading every night at bedtime:

It's from the library, which means someday we will have to give it back.

We had a mini-family party on Scott's actual birthday, which is notable only because I made banana cupcakes.

Scott's class had an ice cream party once, and he had to bring a topping. We bought sprinkles, and while we were in the decorating aisle at the store, he saw a package of "Happy Birthday" letters that he also wanted to bring as a topping. I forgot to send the letters to school with him, so I plunked them onto the cupcakes because I am creative like that.

Scott's self-portrait. He's been taking the waterproof camera into the bathtub and taking pictures, so I thought this was a good shot of the birthday boy.

Finally, Scott's party was a big hit. Apparently it was all the talk at school the following Monday, and one group of kids wrote about it:

I think two of the kids in the drawing weren't even at the party, but maybe they heard about it so much that they felt like they were. THE END.

Comments

[Yumans]

Happy Belated Birthday to Scott!!! Glad to see you are bringing him up properly by making Star Wars an important part of his life. That looked like the best 5-year-old party ever! When you come visit us, we'll take you out to Tatooine to play in the sand.

[Lwin's]

Happy birthday Scott! You are such a big boy now!!