A couple of weeks before his birthday Conrad informed me that this year
he wanted a jet plane cake. So I put on my thinking cap and began planning his party around that theme. Since the majority of
his guest list was away for the Christmas holiday we decided to wait until
after New Year and choose a date when all his friends could attend.
Vivi
and I got started preparing for the big day a few days before by making jet
plane cookies for the guests to decorate. She is becoming quite the Betty
Crocker, I must say! Or perhaps Betty Bossi, in honor of her Swiss roots~
Roll ‘n
cut, roll ‘n cut!
After much
planning and a few date changes, we were ready for the big day! Conrad’s
friends arrived and we got the party rolling with a rousing game of “Musical
Airplanes”! Adlan played DJ while everyone danced to Conrad’s song of Choice:
Elvis Presley’s “A Little Less Conversation”. When the music stopped everyone
raced to, instead of chairs, one of the jet planes taped to the living room
floor. The Birthday Boy won that one!
Next everyone
made and decorated paper airplanes for a series of very competitive airplane
throwing challenges.
Lots of
prizes were won in a number of different categories: landing your plane inside
the fireplace, throwing it the farthest, landing it in the circle. It proved a
bit frustrating for a few of the budding engineer, perfectionists in
attendance, but I think overall they enjoyed it!
Having
earned a break, the guests moved on to the cookie decorating. This was a big
hit with everyone!
Everyone is
very busy, working away at their masterpieces~
A finished
product…seconds before it flies into Conrad’s mouth!
Colorful tongues!
(It’s not Chinese food coloring, so hopefully it’s not toxic!)
We couldn’t
deter Conrad from his presents any longer so we took a few moments to open
gifts. Conrad was thrilled with the amount of Lego swag he took in! Then it was
on to the final craft: candy airplanes.
Everyone
decorated their pieces and then assembled their aircrafts.
A new piece of equipment for Her Majesty's Royal Air Force!
Do I detect
Daddy’s hand behind the scenes on this one?
We had
representatives of the RAF, the Swiss contingent and the USAF!
All in all
it was a crazy two hours: seven very excited 5-8 year-old boys and various siblings can
certainly make a lot of noise! But as always, it was well worth it. I think a
good time was had by all.
Happy
Birthday Conrad!
OMG can it be 6 years already? Looks like a fabulous time was had by all. Was that your Mum in the background? How cool to have her there! I know, I need to reply to your last email. Long story but I'll explain in PM. Miss you love you!
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