Ian’s 5th Birthday Party!

By that title I mean that it is for his fifth birthday, not that he’s had five parties. Although… come to think of it… 😉

First and foremost I want to thank my awesome and incredible wife for putting everything that you’re about to see together. She came up with her own ideas, she looked some up on the internet, she adapted, she constructed, she worked VERY hard on this… And it went great! Here’s a peek at all that went down on January 28th!

Nina, lost in a land of giants! See this image larger.

Brandon’s son Max brought an iPad, and he was all the more popular with the kids as a result, as you’ll see later…

Natalie, Max and Rowen on the couch… that’s one of Grant & Zoe’s daughters, Brandon’s son, and Elena and Scott’s daughter.

The theme was Batman! And Mommy made masks and capes for everybody to decorate! (And the kids did so, however the drying time on the various glitter pens meant they couldn’t wear them immediately.) See this image larger.

Action pose! See this image larger.

Aaron and Clara’s sons Jake and Brendan asked Nina for some tea, she was all too happy to comply! See this image larger.

Seems like I couldn’t get a shot of Ian that day without a heroic pose! But that’s the way we wanted the day! See this image larger.

One of MANY games that Melissa made for the kids. (Muno lends a hand as the “line” the kids could not go past, in this coin-tossing game.)

This is Brendan from next door!

And his little brother Jake! (I recently asked Ian if he liked the haircut on these guys and he said yes… so this spring, I’m going to town with the trimmers!)

On the left is a friend of Ian’s from school! He was shy at first but warmed up eventually. Nina the two-fisted drinker makes her way to the next activity… See this image larger.

Mommy distributes paper to make paper airplanes for another fun game! (Our neighbor Aaron is the guy with the hat, there!)

*See how I made mine?*

This was a game about wiggling all around while the music was playing…

…and then stopping in a super hero action pose when the music stopped! I’m pretty fond of Nina’s here. She’s a little toughie, that one! See this image larger.

Momentary chaos…

Silly string attack!

Would a Batman-themed birthday party be complete without a Batman cake?

Ah, the perils of blue icing! See this image larger.

*I do get some of this cake, right?* See this image larger.

Brendon with some much-needed sugar boosting. See this image larger.

Max, the frosting vampire. See this image larger.

The opening of the presents! See this image larger.

Some of the coolest guys I know, and amongst the closest of my friends. We don’t get together nearly enough. Left to right that’s Elena’s husband Scott, Martin, myself, Brandon, and Grant… everybody but Scott is a Square One Design alumni.

More presents and some goody-bags! Elena and Scott’s newest is the baby on the left there, named Jimmy!

Nina plays with the big boys!

In Ian’s room, checking out the iPad. They were watching a puppy show called Kipper! The cute blondie on the right and his brother in “13” belong to Martin and Melissa. Their names are Isaac and Levi… Isaac is the older one. See this image larger.

Zoe insisted on taking this picture, and I’m very glad she did! Wow, what a day, thank you so much Sweetie! Ian can’t wait to turn 6 so he can do it all over again! See this image larger.

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