Preston's Birthday Bash

Happy 6th Birthday Preston!

We celebrated on Sunday after both conference sessions. Melanie and her kids came out as well as Dee Ann. It was fun to have everyone there to celebrate with him. He was excited to have his cousins there. I did a Lego party for him since he loves Legos. I got lots of ideas off Pinterest and online. It's great to have those resources. 

Sara and Aubree helped me draw on the faces on the plates to make Lego Head plates. We made funny ones for the dessert plates. We had the kids guess how many Legos were in that vase and the winner got a box of Lemon Heads (or as I called them, Lego Heads).

The Lego cake. I was showing Preston ideas for his birthday cake and he was picking pretty extravagant one's. I finally showed him a couple I knew I could make and then we went from there. haha. I found this one off of the Betty Crocker's website. You make a 9x13 cake, cut it into thirds then one of the thirds into half to get the 2 squares. Then you cut marshmallows in half and dip in slightly melted frosting and stick on top.

"I spy a Lego Head"

I hid 70 of these around the room and the kids had to find them. We couldn't find 5 of them. My Mom called a couple days later saying she found a couple while cleaning. Funny.

Lego Memory

I printed off various Lego pictures and glued them to the back of circles. The kids really had fun with this and it was even better that it was girls against boys. The boys were winning big time at the beginning, but the girls came back and WON! It was a great game. 

L-R: Nathan, Dane, Carter, Kate, Lindsey (in way back), Kathryn, Aubree, Preston, Reed and Paige in front in blue. Most of the cousins, missing Hailey, Owen and Chelsea.

Owen and Chelsea were playing outside while the other kids were doing a relay race.

Lego Relay Race

Kids had a cup of Legos and they had to carry the Legos one by one on a spoon to the other cup (a little bit away from them) and the girls won at this too!

Who can build the tallest tower in 2 minutes? Go!

Preston trying to build one fast...It was supposed to boys against girls on this too, but he decided to make his own.

And Preston won! He might have had some help from Jeni and Derek. haha. The other kids were good sports about it too. :)

Opening gifts from us. He got magna tiles. These are spendy so he actually got them from us and Dee Ann. Our friend Allegra had them and my kids loved them whenever we went to her house. Then another friend, Kati got them too. They were fun to play with so I knew I wanted them. I actually ordered Magformers first from Amazon, but sent them back and just bit the bullet and bought the magna tiles. So far the kids have loved playing with them. They are worth it. And get the 100 piece set. You'll want all those tiles.

My Mom gave him a Star Wars Lego set and a pair of Star Wars pajama bottoms she made. He was pretty excited. 

He was excited for everyone to sing to him. He kept asking if it was time for us to sing to him. haha!

Happy Birthday Buddy! 

You are smart and funny and we are glad you're in our family.