Ethan had a great day on his birthday. He woke up really excited, and got to open his presents from Tyler and us. We didn’t wrap his present from us – a big boy bike! He loved it, especially the batman bell I found at the Warehouse for $4!!

The actual party wasn’t until 2pm which gave me heaps of time to make and decorate the cake. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. When Ethan saw the finished product on the bench, he just looked at me and said “I can NOT believe it!” … so I guess he was impressed!!

Mum and Leah came over before the party started and Ethan opened his presents from them. Mum got him a Spiderman costume (along with a HUGE bag of other goodies), so of course he wanted to put it on and wear it for the party.

I can’t believe how much Spiderman paraphenalia that boy now owns. He had a whole lot already, but now he has even more! I could open a Spiderman museum one day!

The party itself was a great success. 7 boys (Ethan & Tyler, cousins Eli & Jet, and 3 of his friends from preschool), and one girl. Poor Emily! But I think she had a good time despite the boy overload! We had party games, which was a first for me. I didn’t bother with them last year since the party was at an indoor playground. But this year we had Pass the Parcel, Musical Statues, Duck Duck Goose and a game I made up called Match the Pairs. Once the kids were completely worn out, we had the party food and then cake & icecream.

**The photos will have to be in a separate post because Blogger is giving me grief and won’t let me upload them all. Grrr.