The Birthday Party: Age Six Edition

I had told Aidan that my idea for a perfect birthday party was for him to invite two or three friends to the pool for a swim. He told me his idea of a perfect birthday party was to invite all the boys in his class, his friends from summer camp and a few more to our home for water fights.

So today, I had eighteen children at our home, ages six and under engaged in water battles with squirt guns, water balloons and muddy mud. We had a giant, two story high water slide, borrowed from our neighbors, that the boys catapulted down at death defying speeds. It was all boy, all the time. Chaos reigned supreme.

Aidan picked the theme: a shark soaker of a bash. This led to my compulsion to make shark cupcakes. (I almost lost my sanity on this one. It was hard. Very, very exceptionally hard.) We also did a shark pinata, stuffed to the brim with candy and toys. The boys fought to the death over every last bit of candy after the shark burst apart at the seams.

In the end a good time was had by all. A whole lot of water, a bunch of mud, and lots and lots of birthday fun.