EtHaN iS 5!!!

Well my baby turned 5! :( I cant believe my baby is 5 already! :( He’s going to be starting kindergarten in less than 2 weeks! :( Where has the time gone?!?!?

Months ago I had mentioned something about his birthday & he said “ Mom. . . this year can I have a AC/DC birthday??” I explained to him that I didnt think any of his friends would even know who AC/DC is! So I told him we could make it a AC/DC – Rock ‘n’Roll party.He liked that idea. So months went by & he would still make comments about wanting his AC/DC – Rock’n’Roll birthday, so I got busy planning!

He had such a great party! I decided that this year I didnt want to deal with all the work that goes into having a party at the house. So I rented the pavilion at the park near our house. It was so much easier to set up & clean up there then have to do all of the extra house & yard work. 

Ethan was so excited once all of the decorations & the bounce house went up!

Here is the AC/DC cake I made.

 

And the “Rock Star” cupcake cake I made.

The cakes & the goody bags.  I made up all different labels for the bags (AC/DC logos, Guitars, AC/DC songs), decorated them with glitter stars, & filled them all with guitar necklaces, rock star yoyos, pop rocks candy, ring pops, & other lil goodies.

 

The AC/DC shirt I made him to wear for his party.

The handsome birthday boy.

His 2 best buds from Pre K.

 

The super fun bounce house! (Which I greatly enjoyed after all the kids left!)

 

 

The piñata that wouldnt die!! Fred ended up having to break it cause the kids couldnt do it!

We had to light the candle 3 times because Collin kept blowing it out for Ethan.

Opening his gifts. He loved all of his gifts! Especially his new balance bike & all of the John Deere tractors!!

 

He had such a great time! It made all of the work & stress I put into it so worth it!!

 

Here he is riding his new balance bike around the house with his cool new flame helmet.

 

 

On the day of his actual birthday we spent the day at camp. He has made a good friend at camp that happens to share the same birthday (but is 1 year older).  Our families had a nice dinner together & I made them a little cake. We forgot to bring candles but happened to have some sparklers! (Not easy to blow out!) 

Nashville {part 4}

 

This was our last full day in Nashville!

During the day we did some shopping & sight seeing.

 

The boys werent really sure what to think about the Elvis statue that Fred & I thought was pretty cool. After he hesitated for a minute, Ethan said “why you want my picture with that guy?”  We said “just go stand there & get it over with! Collin looked at it strangely but “hammed” up rather fast!

 

We met up with the Camengas’ for lunch and couldnt resist the photo op with the boys in their cowboy hats! 

   

        

This is the Ryman auditorium we went to the night of the Grand ol Opry show.

 

Ethan & I had a nice chat with lil Ashley & her mom Elizabeth.

 

On our way to the family night show. The kids all loved that the elevator had a window wall. 

  

The matching outfits were not planned!!!

        

The kids watching/waiting for Seamus & Grace’s Pop.

Family night was alot of fun. It started with a group of tap dancers, then a group that did fun acts with juggling, lights, instruments, & much more. & the last act was a hypnotist, who was so funny!!! 

  

Our kids kinda decided they’d join the dancers performing, even though  they werent invited to!

       

Watching the performers.

          

This is the night view from our hotel. Good night Nashville!

 

 

{Good-bye Nashville}

 

I really dont dress my kids like this! But this if how they wanted to look on the flight home. I wasnt up for a fight so I just went with it!

Our view from the air.

 

We had a blast! We had such a fun time! Wish everyone lived closer so we could get together more often!