Tyler's "friends" birthday party

Tyler anxiously awaited the start of his birthday party. He really wanted to build his new lego kit but we had decided before hand that there was enough excitement in the day that it would best to save the kits for later in the week (at least that would give me more peace :)). So while I vacuumed and set out all the food, Tyler looked through his books.

Once all the boys arrived we started the party by creating shields and picking out swords. There were pens and stickers for the kids to decorate their shield. Everyone seemed to enjoy personalizing their shield. Most kids made pictures with shapes stickers or some sort of symbol with pens. Tyler drew two knights and one of them was bleeding....that's my boy.

Ready for battle

The treasure hunt was intermixed with jousting and castle cannon balls. There's a lot of commotion when you have 10 kids running to find clues and treasures all while holding shields, swords, and goodie bags.

Before the jousting tournament, we had some practice time.

Then each child battled King David...or in this case it looks like a group effort.

The kids also enjoyed the cannon ball throwing.

After all the hunting, and jousting, and cannon ball throwing, they were ready for a snack and cupcakes.

The birthday party gang.

The birthday boy and his daddy.

After cupcakes we did Tyler's favorite part....presents. He was so happy with all his gifts. He got a pillow pet (which was a big hit), games, legos, etc. One happy 6 year old.

The party ended up working out great. The activities lasted about an hour and 45 minutes which left them about 15 to 20 minutes to just play around until parents started arriving for pick up. All the boys got along great. Whew! One successful party down.