Birthday number two with our family and Elijah’s seventh. Once again Anthony made custom birthday invites and with Elijah’s blessing we booked JJ Jump again.
This year Elijah’s birthday landed on a Sunday and we had some special plans for that day (more on that later). This required us to go for a Saturday Birthday party. We sent out over 20 invites and when the big day came we only got one kid from Elijah’s class. Historically we have had just plain horrible luck with inviting kids from the boys school. Jayme’s 9th saw him with only one kid at his bowling party. Luckily we cast the net wide this year and invited more then just his class. In the end we had 6 kids. One sister, two brothers, one classmate, one cub scout and one second cousin. We also had a few adult friends who attended.
The kids all jumped for a good hour before the party started. Elijah got to play with all the kids who came and had a good visit with his sister who drove into town for the party. Unlike last year the dad’s skipped the noise makers so the party portion of the day was MUCH quieter.
We handed out cupcakes, apple juice and ice cream cups. After the feast the unwrapping of presents began. Last year Jayme had to help Elijah open his gifts (he was just overwhelmed), this year ALL of the kids crowded around and helped. It was very very cute.
Once the gifts were all opened and Elijah thanked everyone we said goodbye to all the kids and friends and headed home. Elijah’s second Aunt and second Cousin both came over to the house for a visit.
We ended our evening at Sweet Tomatoes for a healthy birthday feast.