Kevin's 5th Birthday

Kevin is very into 2 things right now:  Outer space and Legos.  

We made sure that his birthday included a little of both.

 In the morning on his big day, Kevin opened his family gifts and then put all his new Lego Mixels together.  Elena and Jonah were on hand just in case he needed help with the present opening.

 

That afternoon, we headed to the local community college to get ready for the party.  Kevin had his birthday party at my dad's planetarium.  Lucky kid, right?  We invited some of Kevin's friends and their families to come to a space themed bash.  

The kids played pin the red spot on Jupiter and throw the planets (aka balls) through the black hole.  The planetarium show was a little movie called "Cardboard Rocket", plus some other entertaining instruction by my dad

Super fancy black hole, right? :)

Then after the show and Saturn cupcakes (peach rings around gum balls), the kids got to fill those treat bags with loads of space-themed candy (Starbursts, Milky Ways, etc).  I finished setting up while the first guests were arriving, and so I never got a picture of the whole set-up, but you can see the jars right next to Jada as Kevin blows out the candles.

  I remembered to get a picture of the treat table after the party.  There's a few Tootsie Roll Pops (planet pops) and star shaped marshmallows left.

Kevin had a great birthday and is such a fun kid.  Kevin loves nothing in the world more than his family and his Teddy Puppy.  He likes running around, crashing into things, building pillow & blanket forts, drawing, and making new Lego inventions.  He has the best smile in the world and he's a great little singer.  Now that he's 5, I love reminding him that he's 5 and can no longer behave like a 4 year old. :)

 Here's a picture of Kevin's Lego Mixels on top of his new Lego lap desk.