Anden's Minecraft Party

Date: August 29th

Anden starts planning his birthday party

(or maybe just his birthday gift wish list)

months in advance.

He immediately knew this year he wanted a

Minecraft Party.

Well I'm the mom that doesn't play video games

and prefers my children don't play them much either.

(c'mon there's tons of other things to do that don't involve a screen in your face! lol)

So that meant I had some research to do

to suddenly become a cool video game mom!

I was literally polling random kids about their fave part of Minecraft,

what character did what, who had which powers, etc

Well I have to say my research paid off and I'm now knowledgeable

of the Minecraft phenomenon and was officially certified to throw this party!

Introducing Anden's Minecraft Party

The Invite

The Decor

The Favors

The Food

The Games

They first played
Pin the Tail on the Ender Dragon!

But instead of a boring blinfold

they wore the coveted Steve head!

When Anden saw me making it earlier in the week

he asked if I could make a blonde one...just like him.

So I did just that!

Anden was thrilled to wear the Anden head!

The rest of the kids wore the Steve head.

They definitely got a kick out of that!

Anden was adamant that NO girls were invited to his party.

So instead I hired Taylee, Kaitlyn and Heidi to be my helpers. :)

Next up:
Creeper Toss

The eyes were worth 10 points
the mouth worth 20 points.
The boys took this very seriously!

Then we moved on to
Pop the Creeper!

This game was a fan favorite!
You threw darts to pop the Creeper balloons.

But Anden and Ryan had made a little extra surprise.
They put flour inside the balloons.
So when it popped it blew dust just like in the video game!

Noah quickly demonstrated this on his first try!

We came inside after Pop the Creeper and cooled down!!

August birthdays are brutal for heat and humidity!!

The boys were drenched in sweat! ewwh lol

So we had snacks, drinks and opened presents!

The CRAZY Birthday Crew!

The kids got a Mento for each game they played
and an extra one if they won that game.
Finally it was time to see what those Mentos were for!
(since I made sure to remind them they weren't for eating!! lol)
So we headed out front for the
TNT Blast!

They were each given a bottle of TNT
and took turns dropping in their Mentos!
Some sticky icky oozy fun occurred next!

I asked Taylee to model the TNT.

Um from the looks of her poor grill I think she ate the TNT! 

Anden actually did want to eat his TNT!

Then Ryan hosed off the driveway
while the kids washed off their sticky paws...
and shoes and arms and legs and faces.

Finally it was Dodge the Creeper free for all madness on the trampoline.

These were the creeper balls before the game.

They were a piece of shredded flat rubber afterwards!

Dang desert landscaping...along with 10 crazy boys!

Eventually the sweaty hyper boys made their way inside for

cupcakes and singing

and just being plain crazy boys!

Candle Time

Aunt Heather did an awesome job entertaining Laiklyn

and keeping her from tearing apart the party.

She finally released her towards the end when people were leaving.

Here comes the Laiklynator!

And don't think that the girls and adults didn't try out those tempting heads too!

Happy Birthday Buddy!!
We love you!!