Monday, June 22, 2009

Brendon's Birthday

Okay, so I absolutely cannot stand to look at the pics of the cats every time I get on the Internet anymore. So even though I really should be doing a million things besides this, I'm blogging.

Two weeks ago we had Brendon's water war birthday party at the splash park we love. It was a beautiful overcast afternoon/evening. Almost too cold for the water war....

We filled up over 650 water balloons (I lost count near the end) to help entertain all the boys. I thought we had a lot of balloons--tubs and tubs full--but they were still gone in no time. The boys played with their water guns after the balloons were gone--we formed two teams, put a line of paint on each boy's arm, and they tried to soak the other team until their paint came off. The last boy with paint still on their arm wins. Make any sense? They had a blast, but I feel bad that the "washable" paint turned out to not be so washable. I'm sure there's a lot of parents who hate me now =) but the boys loved it!
Here's a picture with Jonathan's arm painted.



Ty probably threw the most balloons. He'd been patiently waiting for days as we filled them up.


Brendon totally scored on presents from all his friends.
Brendon had to fake blowing out his candles--with all the wind, there was no way my lighter would work. And he doesn't love cake, so we just put his candles in a melting ice-cream sandwich.

Nate and Damon getting some of the water balloons.
I think the boys had a great time, and I know Brendon did.
We're so excited that Brendon's eleven--and such a great eleven-year-old kid!!

7 comments:

Kandice and Rob said...

What a cool party! I can't imagine filling up all those balloons. You probably dreamed balloons for a while!

Cheryl said...

Wow, fun party!! Brendon doesn't like cake? I don't know how I didn't know this. I love the candles on the ice cream sandwich! :)

Happy late Birthday Brendon!

Big Ev and the Gang said...

Damon had SUCH a fun time! Great party for a great kid.

Krystal said...

great "cake"! :D looks like fun... not the kind I like but the kind kids like hehehe

Lisa said...

That looks like a really fun party! I might steal this idea, if I ever do a birthday party again that is. What a cool mom you are!

Sherri said...

I agree with Lisa, you are a COOL Mom. The party sounded just great!

The Dominguez Family said...

Carlos had a blast thanks for the invite!