Collin's 6th Birthday Party

Fourteen of Collin's friends joined him at Sky High (indoor trampoline place) to celebrate his 6th birthday.  So that we could find all of the kids easily amongst everyone else there, I made shirts for the kids to wear.  The boys had green and the girls had pink.  The kids LOVED having shirts with their name on them.  I liked it because I could spot a group of them together by looking for the shirts.

 

The boys and a few of the girls (Ella, Ellie and Caroline) hung out together while the littler ones jumped into the foam pit or jumped with a parent.  Here are several of the kids playing dodge ball.  Collin lasted a long time before he got hit with a ball.

 

Alex, Collin, Jacob S and Jackson in the dodge ball pit

 

Most of the time, the kids jumped or played in the main area.  Collin loved being the center of attention which I think he would have been anyway with this crowd of his "bestties".  For instance, he started to run and jump into the center of each of the trampolines.  The other kids started to do the same. 

 

Here he is running to the next trampoline

After an hour, they took a break to eat pizza, sing Happy Birthday, and eat cake.  Ella was not too happy to not be able to sit by Collin. He sat down at the table and Jacob and Alex immediately sat on each side of him.  I had Ella sit across from Collin and she seemed to be OK with this.  Most of the girls sat on one side and the boys on the other side of the table.  I was shocked at how quiet it was while they were eating.  Jumping and running around makes them hungry.

Jacob B, Jacob S and Collin

 

Jacob S, Collin and Alex

A VERY happy birthday boy

Boys being boys

Linden, Bella and Saige

The crew happily eating pizza

When it was time for cake, Collin had a sad face for whatever reason.  We could not get him to smile during the song...but he perked up when it was time to blow out the candles.

Mimi arrived just in time for him to blow out the candles

Got him to smile in this one

After pizza and cake, the kids jumped again.  This time, some of the parents joined in.  Alex's daddy might have regretted jumping because the kids started to pile up on him. 

Taking a break before jumping again

It was Customer Appreciate Day so there was a person there making balloon figures and face painting.  I was wondering where all of the kids went when I found most of them waiting in line.

 

Collin, Clayton, Alex, Elli, Jackson, Jacob B and Linden

Collin, Clayton, Alex, Jackson and Bella

When we got home, Collin opened all of his presents and enjoyed the Lego gifts the most.  What a great birthday.  No, he was not tired.  He went over to Jacob S's house to swim for an hour before coming home to build (or have me build) one of his Lego presents before we made flubber.