Boys' Pool Party

Yes, we do combined Birthday parties.

Yes, this time it was for 3 out of the 4.

So Easy!  Loved it!

The boys wanted a pool party and I was all for using the backyard pool to save money, but with Derek gone a lot during April, and the weather just not quite warm enough we decided on a local pool.  The kids all had so much fun!

I felt really bad though that one of our guests (he was 4) somehow slipped and cut his chin and had to leave early to go get stitches at the ER.  Nobody saw it happen, so we weren't exactly sure how it happened, or what he fell on.

The "theme" of the party was sharks, which was mutually decided on by the 3 birthday boys.  We even had this cool shark cut-out that we tried to get most of the guest's pictures with.  

Jamison's best buddy, Jett was there and he warmed up to the pool eventually.  

Chandler invited many of his friends from his class, and a few were 3rd graders (He is in a Montessori classroom 1st-3rd grade).  The next week at school was a little challenging for Chandler as there was a lot of carry-over excitement from the party and a lot to talk about.  

Granddaddy Bob and Mimi bought pizzas and drinks (Thank you!) and the crowd devoured 8 large pizzas!  Amazingly, my boys ate a lot of that.  I figured they'd be so excited and wanting to swim that they wouldn't eat much.  Was wrong on that one!

I did the cupcakes and we also had custom sugar cookies with surfboards with a "shark bite" out of each one.  They were also decorated with the boys' names.  I thought these were super cute.  I don't think I got to taste one though.

Later on, Jamison and Jett wanted to shoot hoops.  Unfortunately (for Jett) I was not able to lift Jett very high to reach the goal.  Jon could do it, but when we traded babies, Jamison wouldn't shoot the ball for Jon.  Oh well....they still had fun.

It was a great party and so much fun.  I'm glad everybody was able to come and celebrate with us!