Asher’s 7th birthday party

Today was Asher’s birthday party.  We decided to keep it pretty low-key this year because Asher didn’t really want many decorations or fuss.  He said he just wanted some friends over to have fun and play games.  He chose a Star Wars theme, so I had a little bit of fun coming up with a few things.  My girls are totally opposite and want a huge celebration, so it’s kind of hard to scale back for Asher!  Anyway, it ended up being just a couple close friends who came over and was exactly the low-key party he wanted.  He had a blast! 

The decorations were simple – black and white.  For food, I took some help from the Internet to give me some catchy ideas.  A few of them I came up with on my own (or at least, I think I did…I’m sure someone else far more clever than me has come up with them before, but I can pretend ).  We had Vader veggies with Driod dip, Ewok eggs, fruit sabers, pizza the Hutt, Fett fudge, and Yoda soda.  For cake I just did cupcakes that I formed to look like a light saber.  Or, that was the idea at least.  Didn’t really turn out that well. 

We played a few games, but mostly the boys just wanted to jump on the trampoline and run around.  They played “pass the death star” (just a partially deflated child-sized basketball that I wrapped with a few layers of foil), death star relay races, and then an impromptu game of dodge ball.  Asher got some really fun presents from his buddies, and then it was back to playing!

Cambria took a break from all the party craziness to do some coloring.  I just think she’s adorable no matter what she does. 

Asher loved his Yoda soda!

It was a super fun party for Asher.  Thanks to everyone who came and helped us celebrate!