Ninja

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(Side note….yes we are in Hawaii! and yes I have loads to share but I can’t skip over some things that happened before we left….so you all will have to wait for vaca picture 🙂
For Adam’s 6th birthday he decided about 10 months ago he wanted a ninja party.  Not a teenage mutant ninja party he would tell me, a black ninja party.  What is amazing is this was before the boys discovered Ninjago on Hulu and before Adam started Tae Kwon Do this summer.   So it all came perfectly together.  We threw in some black ninja, some Tae Kwon Do and some Ninjago and every one was happy.  Adam is definitely my child.  He loves to plan a party and we would talk about every detail over and over and he helped plan the whole party.  Fun fact I have learned this year, the plural of ninja is ninja….
First up, Adam picked these invites out and loved that the ninja was upside down.  He came with us to the store print them and then insisted on writing every invitee’s name himself on the back of each card. 
He picked this pinata and these balloons and the little ninjago legos and ninja lollipops for the gift bags. 

But he got to go to bed at a normal time while I stayed up and assembled 40 gift bags and tied ribbons on 120 balloons.  They will inflate balloons (not with helium, for some reason the Philippines has not mastered non dangerous helium for kids balloons and it is rare to find) and attach a plastic stick that inevitable becomes a way for the kids to play swords…..so I always say no plastic sticks and tie ribbon on all the balloons. 

It was all hands on deck, even this little nugget had to pitch in.

The morning of the big party we woke up and Adam opened some presents.  On Adam’s actual birthday we’ll be in California and we’ll have a little party with family but we won’t have room in our luggage for a lot presents.  So Adam opened a few bigger presents from us and a big lego from Grandma Gertch!

First up, a rain stick that Adam has wanted for months now and a ninja book from us.

Next up, legos from Grandma!

We invited Adam’s whole class and all his other friends so we decided to have the party downstairs in the building’s function room.  Adam came down with me to decorate and loved it.

Next up, a quick outfit change as all party hosts do.

And finally a slightly out of focus family picture the building admin graciously took for us 🙂

Adam’s Tae Kwon Do instructors came and conducted a fun class for the kids, wood breaking and all. Adam loved it and got to break so many boards!

Malcolm was nervous but eventually got to break a board too!

The cake was a big hit! Even bigger hit was the cake server. 

The party was great! Everyone had a great time!  After all of Adam’s friends left we headed upstairs to open presents!

Everyone must have gotten the memo that Adam is into legos!  I see lots of building in our future! Happy birthday party day my wonderful almost six year old ninja!  We love you!!

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