Lego Birthday Bash

Every good party begins with an inspiration for the theme. Ethan was inspired this year by Legos. As I was collecting ideas of how to execute his inspiration, I tried to keep him involved in a lot of the preparation. I showed him different party ideas online and let him choose his favorite. He chose which games sounded fun and helped me decide what the cake was going to look like. In making the cake, Ethan said, "I want to do as much as I can to help you." I love that he wanted to be working right next to me in making his birthday party uniquely him. We stayed up super late last night making his cake into a rectangle, then frosting it then adding the fondant layered strips to try and resemble stacks of legos. I sent the kids to bed and finished the cake, leaving the final circles on top (to make it look like legos) for the morning. This morning Ethan came in and said, "Mom! Come look what I did!" The pride in his voice made me excited to see what happened. He led me to the cake where it looked like someone had poked holes all over it with a straw! Well, that is exactly what happened. Ethan tried making circles on the top to look like legos. He wanted to do it himself and surprise me. At first I was confused- why would he ruin this cake after all of our hard work?! We worked so hard to make the corners sharp, not rounded, we made sure to keep the underlying frosting from oozing between the fondant strips. It had all been demolished... or so I thought.... but then I looked at his face and the expression of pride was so sweet that I smiled and loved that messy little ruined.. no... improved cake.

The boys had a good time building different things as they waited for all of the party guests to arrive.

Guessing how many legos were in the jar got Kent involved because I made him do the counting. Toss the legos into the bucket also got lots of laughs from the kids because it is harder than it looks!

Since legos is all about building it yourself, the party guests got to build their own pizzas and make them look like lego pieces. They were super tasty!

Pretty cool Lego pizzas!

Ethan took a quick break from the party to watch the last 3 minutes of the JAZZ game.
A fun board game called Creationary was a crazy mess of fun, which thankfully Brittany instructed.

As with every party, we finished up with birthday presents and cake. I couldn't have done this with minimal stress without my good friends. I am so tired and satisfied tonight as we celebrated the wonderful eight years that my little man has been in my life. He is such a great kid and I am blessed to have him.
The cake is slowly giving up.

Every guest was able to take home their own box of Legos, I even found a girl box with a pink rider and horse for Ella. Jackpot!

Once the presents were unwrapped, the birthday cake eaten and all of the guests had gone home, I found Ethan playing with his new toys in the living room. There is something to be said for Legos. Although I had all of the teeny tiny pieces that you find everywhere... they are a great toy for kids to play alone or with friends. It beats video games all day, right?