Piñata Party

Kyla is 6 years old today.  Six.  And she finally had a birthday conveniently on a Saturday. 

We invited all her playgroup friends (we’ve been together just shy of 6 years now!) with families and made the most of a beautiful September day.

 

We made it special with a piñata.  At first, Kyla couldn’t decide between the T-Rex, the butterfly, or the princess.  The good news?  We got to whack a princess with a stick.

 

All the kids got to take lots of whacks before it finally opened up.  And no kid took a broom handle in the face!   That’s pretty good for 14 kids, include four 2-year-old boys. 

 

I put very little candy in there, but Wesley dove in, took 3 lollipops and walked off before anyone noticed.  Luckily, it was caught on camera.  (With so many kids of different ages, I had whistles, gliders, tattoos, etc., and the rule was to get just one of everything.  This worked great…except for Wesley who just took the suckers and left everything else.)

 

Check out this awesome cake my friend, Elizabeth, made.  If you look carefully, you can tell it is a simple round cake, cut a certain way and flipped around a bit.  Pure genius.

 

Kyla like everything about her special day.

 

There was an “after-party” for those who didn’t have to get home for naps.  We opened up the air-rockets Kyla got and did our best to send them to outer space. 

 

The kids stood back and took running jumps on to the air pump and then tried to catch the rocket before it landed. 

 

Aubrey impressed us all with how high hers flew!

 

To get a  rocket out of the trees, one first throws Wesley’s yellow bat up after it.  To get the bat of the tree, one only needs to throw a basketball up after it a few times to bring everything back down.

 

The day couldn’t have been much better, either the birthday or for her mother.