Sunday, October 7, 2012

An Out-of-This-World 4th Birthday Party

Editor's note: The photo album link works now.

Spencer's birthday started bright and early at 6:00 AM Saturday. Guess he was too excited to sleep. When we got up, he found his gift from Mommy and Daddy:


Later that morning we headed over to Life Time Fitness for Spencer's "Astronaut Training" party. Ten of his little friends and classmates joined us for what turned out to be a really fun time. This is one of those occasions where I feel like our pictures just don't do it justice. You can see more pictures here and hop over to Steffani's blog for her report. I'll have to do a separate entry with some video...

Commander Spencer surprised us by wanting to wear the awesome astronaut costume he got in the mail earlier in the week from Aunt Dianne and Uncle Scott. He kept it on until just before the last activity when I noticed how sweaty he was!


Daddy made jet packs that the kids decorated when they arrived and of course space goggles for eye protection. There was an astronaut obstacle course, scooter hockey, a meteorite toss and a final descent to earth via parachute.  


The astronauts-in-training refueled with pizza, fruit, cheese and cake during training.


After Spencer thanked each guest for coming and sent them on their way with a little Moon Dough, we went home for a small gathering with family. Spencer opened his gifts and played with Sarah, Lee and Elliott.

I'm including this one to show his cool birthday shirt...
Super excited about the new Mark Knopfler CD from Geep
Sarah and Spencer looking like little adults
It was a fantastic day celebrating Spencer turning four. We are beyond blessed by everyone's generosity, support and love for our boy. Happy birthday, Spence!

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