It's Party Time!!!

Yesterday was the kids' birthday party. This year we decided to change things up a bit and give me less stress. Instead of having the party here we went to Family Fun Land. It made it so much easier on me...did not have to cook, did not have to clean, did not have to decorate. They did it all for us. The only thing I had to worry about was the cake aka my migraine maker (self induced). The theme for the party was Finding Nemo. I struggled for a while to figure out what to do then one day Jeremy ask about Nemo...talk about a ton of bricks hitting a person...there it was staring at me...thank you honey! So here he is:
We did have guests and I wanted to get the cleaning done but it did not happen and you know what, that is ok. There will be plenty of time to worry about a clean house after the kids leave home, but they only turn 3 once! Nana, Papa and the girls came to stay Friday night with us. The kids loved having them here. Here are the 6 kids eating breakfast...

One of my biggest concerns about doing the party at the fun land was being able to spot our kids anywhere. It was going to be a busy day at fun land as well as other people watching the kids. Wanted to make it easy for everyone. My first thought was orange shirts...kinda like Nemo. Well go figure I could not find plain orange shirts. So the next color I found green...it worked just fine. The next step was to make them recognizable from the front and back. With a little help from an iron on I was able to make a unique shirt for each of them...birth order on the back...

and first names on the front. The shirts worked great! I was able to go into the play area and find everyone quickly. Plus they are not only for this occassion but as a regular shirt too.

One thing we try to do every time we have all 6 Lenzendorf grandkids together is to get a picture of them together. All in birth order: Mackenzie & Alex, Morgan & Liz, Maddie & Zach.

Quick picture with the cake before it was time to play...next time we see Nemo he will not look so great...lol.

Zach and Alex looking out the big monkey's eyes.

Alex on the run...

Liz on the run...

Zach on the run...

Luckily the kids have 3 cousins. Each girl watch one of the kids. Mackenzie and Alex in a moment after coming down a slide...

Morgan helping Liz on the zip line...

Maddie had the hardest job of watching Zach. He literally would get down the slide first and hit the ground running and even look back to see if Maddie was behind him yet. Luckily Maddie is the youngest/smallest of the girls cuz Zach we weave thru the obstacles very quickly.

All 6 bouncing in the bounce house...

After playing it was time for lunch and cake. Liz waiting anxiously to blow out her candles...

Alex wondering where one of his candles went...

Zach wondering if he can blow them out yet...

Every birthday party needs birthday hats...

Liz liking the cake...

Alex enjoying the cake...

Zach enjoying mostly frosting...

Then it was onto presents...

and cards. People were very generous as always.

After going around and saying thanks and giving hugs it was out to the game area...basically a kids vegas. Here Sarah helping Liz and Alex at a game...

Zach getting a lift from his godfather, Fred...

Fred, Sarah and Grover (Alex's godfather) helping all three win big...

It is all about the tickets...look at those!!!

Then we have to cash them in...how many do we have???

And the prizes...we fell way short of the 6000 tickets needed for the giant Mickey Mouse but we did walk away with a few snakes, hacky sacks and bracelets.

We had a blast!!! The ride home was a quiet one. We figured we would have a little down time with a nap but that was not the case. The kids went to their room but never fell back to sleep, so it was not long before they were back downstairs ready to play with all their new things. Mommy and daddy were ready for a nap! Oh well, they had a great as did we. We loved watching the kids interact with everyone. We hope everyone had a good time!

Love, Jen