happy birthday speed racer zane...

Two posts in one day, aren't you lucky?! The day we left for Vegas was also Zane's birthday! Happy 5th Birthday Zane! I can't believe I have a 5 year old. We opened presents on birthday morning and had cinnamon rolls (his fav) before heading out to Vegas. After spending the week there, we got home Friday night and woke up to hurriedly get ready for his birthday party Saturday afternoon. I had invited - are you sitting down? - 23 kids. Yup. I'm insane. But honestly, I only invited that many because I didn't think very many would come. It was a Saturday afternoon - families do stuff on Saturdays, etc. Oh was I wrong! We had 18 kids come! Yay!

Zane wanted a Speed Racer themed party. We wanted to have everyone play outside in the water, so everyone came in swimsuits ready to get wet. We set up a two-person slip-n-slide for kids to race each other on. We had water balloons, water guns, and a small kiddie pool, in addition to our bigger pool on the patio. We had a "Pit Stop" where the kids could order their food at the back sliding door. We served soft pretzels, popcorn, nachos, watermelon, veggie squares, and popsicles. Perfect racetrack food.

The kids all had a blast (I think?). John didn't- but after leaving Vegas on a frustrating note (see last post), and then the stress of getting ready for the party for an overtired child who really didn't seem to deserve it at that point - it was hard on him. Thank goodness my sister was here to help with crowd control. It would have been impossible without her. Zane got a ton of presents. Thank you everyone for coming. He said it was "the best birthday ever!" (Does anyone want to come clean my house now? OY!)