Party time!

It was birthday party day! Timothy was certainly excited.  He was up at 1 am ready to start the day and wondered why he could not get up and read. He was able to sleep in until 5:20 am.  The early wake up made the wait until 10:30 seem like forever!

This years theme was rocks and gems.  His cake was decorated with chocolate rocks to spell out happy birthday.

A highlight of the party was breaking some geodes.  The kids got the chance to hammer away at the rocks in hopes of finding a sparkly center.  A few of the rocks were hard to crack.  One of Timothy's friends loved hammer away.  Troy moved the kids outside to protect our tile floor from the eager hammerers!  Eventually all the geodes were opened and all were quite pretty inside!

Next we did a scavenger hunt around the house. The kids found 10 clues that led them to a bag of homemade baking soda geodes.  To open these geodes we used vinegar and got some fizzy fun!  They discovered some bouncy balls inside these geodes.

Another rock activity was digging for rocks in the sand.  They all had fun finding some new rocks to add to there collections.  I believe all the kids said they had rock collections, so a perfect party favor.

We played a few balloon bopping games to get us all up and moving.  And please notice the little girl in a skirt in the picture below.  Yes that is Teresa in a skirt.  She chose it to honor the special day we were celebrating.  What a nice sis! (She did, however have a few jealous little sis moments, wishing for gifts, and wanting Timothy's new things.)

And of course there was the fun of opening gifts.  Everyone is excited to see what the surprises are.

And for the second year in a row, Santa came through on his fire truck adding a bit of extra fun to the celebration.

After a pizza lunch it was time to have the rock cake.  Timothy opted to have a couple relighting candles on his cake which delighted everyone!

It was a very fun party, with some great kids.  Timothy had fun and as he went to bed, he wished he could go back in time and have his party again and not know what his surprises were.  A special day for a special boy!