5th Birthday Party...McDonald's Style!

Yesterday we celebrated this guy's 

5th birthday with his closest friends!

I posted this little "sneak peak" 

on Facebook and Instagram.

Normally I start planning Landry's birthday parties

 AT LEAST 6 months in advance...no joke. 

His 1st birthday party I started planning, gathering ideas, 

and making my lists, when he was only 3 months old. 

Oh...and I already know what I want to do 

for Lexie's first birthday. 

Crazy.

 I know. 

Just ask Chad. 

He'll agree. :)

This year I was a bit distracted...

with being pregnant and having a baby. :)

I tried to talk Landry into going on

a trip for his birthday instead of a party.

But...he REALLY wanted a party.

So, after some discussions...he decided on...

his favorite place...McDonald's!

Here are the invitations I made...

I really wanted to keep this party "simple."

Which...I will admit...isn't really in my vocabulary

when it comes to me and parties. However, I didn't really have

the time or energy to get too carried away.

Plus...let's be real. The kids could really care less.

You give them McDonald's and a Play Place...throw in cake...perfect!

So simple it was.

Here is a banner I made and hung up...

Simple balloon bouquets for the tables...

the bags were actually left over from Landry's 2nd birthday party.

Good thing I held on to those Target clearance goodies for 3 years. ;)

The McDonald's "birthday party package" includes goodie bags...

but the Type A me had to add something a little more personalized.

I picked up these water bottles at Michael's...

added some vinyl lettering and polka dots to match...

filled them with popcorn...

ta-da!

I wasn't able to get many pictures of the kids...

because they were in the Play Place pretty much the entire time. :)

Landry and Amy...

Avery and Landry...friends at Tammy's house...

This picture cracks me up. 

It looks more like a police line-up than a 

fun, group birthday party shot...oh well.

They were having fun...at least until I made them stop to take a picture. :)

We were missing a few friends in the picture, too.

Happy Birthday, Landry!

Yes, McDonald's even provides the cake.

Not necessarily the cutest cake...but it was very yummy...

and again...the kids could care less...as long as there is cake. :)

Overall it was a blast! 

A little crazy...and hot...but fun none the less!

Can I just "brag" for a moment about how affordable this party was?

Seriously...the entire thing...less than $100...for 11 kiddos.

No joke!

Landry is so lucky to have the best grandparents...

who love him to pieces!

G.G., Landry, and Poppie

(Chad's parents)

Nawnie, Landry, and Papa

(my parents)

He also totally scored in the aunt department...

I don't know...do you think they love each other?

Landry and Auntie K.K.

We love you, Landry Tigh, and hope you had a FABULOUS party!

And because I can't resist...how cute is this little one?

Here is a look back at Landry's previous birthday parties:

Landry's 1st birthday: How the West was ONE!

Landry's 2nd Birthday: Monkey See, Monkey Do...Landry Tigh is turning2!

Landry's 3rd birthday: Fiesta de Landry

Landry's 4th birthday: Slice of Birthday Fun

Halloween Bash 2014

Last night we hosted our annual Halloween Bash!

I forgot to get pictures of the food and decor...but everything was the same as always...skeleton bones (white chocolate covered pretzels), graveyard guacamole, zombie hearts (cream cheese and chili sauce), vampire veggies, Frankenstein fruit, mummy brownie bites, mummy dogs, and goblin eyes (meatballs.)

Even though the food might always be the same...one thing that always changes from year to year is the level of awesomeness that is brought with everyone's costumes!

Here are the Nettos...

Woody, Etch-A-Sketch, and Jessie from Toy Story

**All of their costumes were made by hand!**

Etch-A-Sketch with our very own Batman!

The Klingers...

Lego Woman, bat fairy, construction worker, and Darth Vader

Brian and Kelly...

The Gladiator and his goddess...

Yes, Brian has hair!

Kristen and Drew...

Dorothy and Scarecrow

The Edells...

Paul Bunyon and his Babe...the blue ox

Here he is with both of his babes!

As you can see...one of his babes wasn't feeling the pictures. :)

Finally...here we are...

A  five months pregnant Poison Ivy, The Riddler, and Batman!

All of the lovely ladies!

And of course...the gentlemen!

Last year we added some fun with our "Minute to Win It Tournament." 

Since everyone loved it...the pressure was on to bring it back this year.

 After the teams were randomly selected...it was game time!

First up...

Chocolate Unicorn!

The team that could stack 7 Ding Dongs on their forehead and get it to balance for 3 seconds, won.

Jeff was off to a good start...

Deborah was dynamite...

Drew thought he had won it...

until it was discovered he only had 6 Ding Dongs stacked!

He did go on to win it for his team.

Next up...

Vampires Bite!

Players had to transfer marshmallows from one plate to the other...

only using their vampire teeth!

Kristen was looking good...

Kelly was in it to win it...

Sheri was still in it...

But in the end...Kelly won it and Team One was off to an early lead!

Next up...

Sticky Situation

Players had to bounce a ping pong ball on the table and get it to stick to a piece of bread with peanut butter on it.

Brian took an early lead and dominated with a total 6 balls on his bread!

At this point Team One had three victories under their belt and the rest of us...well...we were having fun! :)

Candy Corn Hose

Each player had to retrieve the candy corn that was in the bottom of each leg of the panty hose...without using their other hand to help!

I won this one...and finally put our team on the board!

With a boost of confidence, Deborah took continued our momentum in...

Candy Corn Stick-Up

Players had to stand candy corn up around the edge of their paper plate. First player to get all the way around the plate...or the farthest in one minute...wins!

With Frank's team mathematically out of the competition...

he decided to take a different approach to the game...

and throw candy corn at Drew's...knocking them over. :)

Deborah stayed focused and...

Winner winner!!!

If you are wondering what happened to Chad...

well...he decided to be the MC/play by play guy! :)

With Team 3 back in the competition...the scoreboard read:

Team 1 - 3 wins

Team 2 - 0 wins

Team 3 - 2 wins

Our final game...

Mummy Wrap

Each team was given one roll of toilet paper, whoever wrapped their mummy first, without breaking their paper, was the winner.

Team Two was off to a good start...

so was Team One...even though I'm not sure that Kelly was feeling the same. :)

Yup...that's me under there...trying not to fall over because I was so dizzy!

Dizzy or not...we WON!!!!

If the judges were looking for the nicest mummy...

Team One would have surely won. :)

With the score tied...we went into a tie-breaker!

Team 1 and Team 3 battled for the win with a candy corn drop.

When it was all finished...here is what the scoreboard said...

Team 3 WON!!!!!!

Last year...you might remember...

our prize was $1 million dollars...in chocolate.

Well, with a baby on the way, I had to explain that our budget had been cut...and Dollar Tree didn't have their million dollar candy bars this year...so each member of the winning team only got $100 grand this year!

Not that I am competitive or anything...but...

my team has won the last two years! :)

As always it was a blast...

and my little Batman lasted until the very end of the party!

He loves his costume so much...that he is wearing it again...right now...while reading with Chad. :)