August 20th was T's Birthday and we started the morning by opening presents of course, what better way to start a birthday.It is crazy to think that he is already 5 years old! It doesn't seem like too long ago when we got the much waited for call from LDS Family services telling us that we could have an addition to our family if we so desired. Of course the answer was an enthusiastic yes! To our surprise though we only had two weeks until he was to be born, which was exciting but also made us busy fast. Mackay and Tyler have the same birth mother, she really struggled to know whether she should place Tyler for adoption or not. She decided that he needed to be with his older brother. We are sure glad she did, because they really are best friends and I don't know what they would do without each other (except fight less). Anyway, on with the story, We were able to visit with our birth mother the next week and then the following week we got the call that Tyler was born. We took off to pick-up or brand new baby boy. We visited him the day after he was born in the hospital and then were able to take him home the next day. It was so hard leaving the first day because deep in the back of my mind I was thinking, "Maybe she will change her mind". We are blessed though and have had the opportunity to raise these kids.
For T's birthday he wanted a knight theme. He received a knight costume for his Birthday and then a few days later we had a few friends over to our castle for a knight's bash.This is the castle cake that I made for his birthday.
Tyler only wanted boys at his party, for some reason, so we dressed them all up as knights. We went for a dragon hunt, pinned the sword on the knight, Fought each other and the dragon with our inflatable swords and shields (made out of cardboard). The kids loved being knights for a day. They sure were cute!
We then fought the green fiery dragon to get some treats. Unfortunately I didn't tie the rope to the dragon on very well so it was instantly lost its head and tail at the first swing of the sword. Poor dragon! So we let the kids punch the dragon instead to get the candy out. (Kind of violent, sorry!)
4 comments:
J had a great time at the party. He wears his hat ALL the time and it makes me laugh, even when he was in trouble and I was trying to be serious. Very fun ideas!
Looks like a great time! Those swords look super cool!
Terrific party ideas! And the cake was awesome! I'm glad it was a good birthday for him.
Boy did Zachary have fun at that party. He is still playing that he is a Knight!
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