After a one week delay, due to Andrew's trip to Utah with Secretary Leavitt for President Hinckley's funeral, we had the party yesterday! The boys were just adorable! The theme was SOCCER. Andrew was their "coach", and we all dressed in soccer jerseys (the blue ones are from my Thailand trip) This is the cake, made especially to Clark's requests. "I want guys on it, playing soccer!" It turned out pretty cute and Clark was thriled. "Oh yeah, yeah, yeah" were his exact words. The circle in the middle says "Clark - Four".
Part of these soccer player's training was to build their muscles. Andrew put every ball that we own on the trampoline, and, along with about 8 boys and 3 mommies, we had a lot of fun! The mommies sat in the middle, and the boys were running laps around us, first one way, then the other, and yet another time kicking the ball as they went. They were giggling with joy and were very forgiving of all the crashing and pile-ups that happened along the way.
This is Clark's little buddy, Luca. He and Clark get along so well. Clark just loved climbing on Luca's back, and then they'd roll over and laugh. This picture captures it perfectly!
Here's the whole birthday group. From left to right: Jack (preschool), Clark, Owen (HBS & preschool), Luca (primary), Johnny, Stephen (cool-guy face), Gordon and David (preschool). The party was an hour and a half, which was a perfect length. They shot hoops, jumped on the trampoline, stopped for a team snack (raisins and water), made pennants so they could cheer for each other, opened presents, sang to Clark, and were on their way with their "goodie bag" full of soccer pencils, whistles, inflatable ball, bouncy ball, stickers, etc.
OUr little friend, Luca, is allergic to almost everything, so we just didn't have food involved with the party. I was amazed at how much we depend on food at parties. What's a party without food? But, we proved that wrong. We had a great time, and nobody missed any of the treats! I'll take that as a note to self.
5 comments:
The cupcake soccer cake turned out cute. The frosting looks textured like grass - nice touch.
Vaness, what a GREAT party! Looks like everyone was happy the whole time, including the birthday boy (most importantly)! Clark is SO big now. I know I say this all the time, but I can't WAIT to get our kids all together! Only 9 more weeks!
Super cute idea for the cake, V! I'm loving the grass! And it looks like the party was a success! Yay for Clark! And yay for you, too! What a perfect mommy!
that cute friend picture all lined up will be such a treasure in 20 years! So cute. You are such a super, creative mommy!
Looks like a TON of fun! I love the new "look" of your blog, too...very cute!
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