mason's 5th birthday party

party time! mason (and all our kids) were practically bouncing off the walls with excitement! once all of our friends arrived we got the party started. we had several games planned and played a few, but the kids were just happy to play with our toys and each other so we let them do just that. 

lego brick toss. they had to try to get the duplo blocks to land on as many plates as possible, there was a tie of three

we had lots of lego color sheets

as we transitioned to lunch, i suggested that we go upstairs and play with some legos. they all quickly headed upstairs and got to work.

mason and his friend quinn - they have been in class together for the past two years.

for so many boys, they were relatively quiet. and it got really quiet when they got to eating lunch! we had hot dogs, fruit, chips and juice.

the chocolate, chocolate, chocolate cake.

mason ordered a chocolate cake with chocolate custard filling and chocolate frosting with chocolate ice cream on the side (we also got vanilla ice cream for anyone who didn't like chocolate that much).

the birthday boy!

that cake was gooood!

manning was the last one left enjoying cake and ice cream.

we tried for a group shot, but there was no wrangling after they had eaten that much sugar...

then back up for presents. mason loved everything he received. he is such a grateful sort of kid. love him!

and then we gave out the goodie bags, had everyone pick out two of the lego marshmallow heads and said our good-byes. mason was sad to see his friends go. i think we will have to work on some playdates.

maddux and his very best buddy jackson.

i was a little worried about pulling everything off, but we did it. matt even downloaded the lego movie soundtrack for background music. mason loved his fifth birthday party. and we love him. love.