Happy 9th Birthday!! - We survived!

Yesterday we celebrated Jocelyn's 9th birthday with 7 of her friends.  Three were from Mom's Club and 4 from school.  And this time, she even invited 4 boys!!

The theme, as I mentioned previously, (and no surprise) was Minecraft.  There was so much preparation to this party!  Lots of little signs and decorations, balloons, Pin the Pickaxe on Steve, and even a Chicken pinata!!

It was crazy and loud and exhausting, but so much fun!

We started off with some fusion bead projects.  We had patterns for Minecraft characters and swords.  You would think this peaceful scene was a sign of things to come, but don't be fooled!

We then moved on to Pin the Pickaxe on Steve.  The photo speaks for itself.

Then they beat the Chicken to death.  After that, they hunted the house for Creepers.  I'm beginning to sense a theme here...

Everyone was happy for snacks and cake, and maybe a little tired by this point.  Except that guy smiling in the back.  That's Drew.  The rest of the crowd was Jocelyn of course, Lily, Ayaka, Parker, Ryan, smiling Drew, Colin and Kate.  

Here's a photo of the Minecraft Ocelot cake before we dug into it.

Time to sing and blow out the candle!

Unfortunately we remembered the group photo right after Drew left, but here's the rest of the crew.

Thanks to Auntie for the very appropriate Minecraft shirts!   We look pretty good considering how exhausted we were!  It was a great day and a very fun party...  or "AWESOME!!" as Jocelyn said!