There was so much excitement leading up to Adren's seventh birthday. I think Eli was just as excited! I kept wondering what to do for a party and settled on having Adren invite his friends over for games and treats. I made up some invites and he delivered them out over a couple of days. He brought a treat to share at school and his teacher had the class create a birthday wish book for him, which was so cute! In fact, Adren said when he got it it made him feel like crying because it was so nice! (I wrote a note to his teacher and told her so)
He invited about 14 kids (gulp) so I got busy deciding on games they could play outside and keep busy. Since his birthday is October 6th, I decided to do several "Halloween" themed games.
The first was "Black Cat tag" where I cut long strips of black material for the "tails" and had them tuck it in the back of their pants. They had to run around and try to pull out other cats tails without anyone pulling out theirs. Next was "Zombie Attack". I filled a bunch of water bottles about 1/2 full and drew several different kinds of zombies on each one. There was a purple team and an orange team, and I spray painted rows in the grass and sewed up some bean bags. They had to try to knock down the "zombies". If they missed, the zombies would advance, if they they knocked them down, the zombies would get back up and stay in place- because we all know zombies don't die. It was a hit!
The next game was inside, a "Mummy Wrap" where two teams competed in trying to be the first to wrap someone in a roll of toilet paper. Gifts, cake and ice cream, party favors etc., you get the idea. It had been raining all day and was quite cold, but what to do? We pressed on outside. At one point one little friend sat in the wet grass and took off his socks to wring them out, and put them back on!
Later that evening Paul and Sharon came over for some singing and cake and ice cream. Granny and Grandpa had come over the day before to wish him a happy day.
I think Adren felt special and is so excited to be SEVEN! I feel like this is a big year, his last to get ready to be baptized and confirmed. He is a real special boy and we love him so much! I'm so proud of him and love watching him grow and learn and make friends. He really loves being in first grade and makes friends so easily. We love our Adren!
