Brennan's Birthday Bash

To Celebrate Brennan's 8th Birthday, he decided that he wanted a party at our local bounce house company, Monkey Joe's. Brennan's Birthday Bash at Monkey Joe's was supposed to include 16 friends from school and the neighborhoods, but due to Mother Nature's desire to dump a few inches on Nashville, only the truly brave dared to go out in it. That's the sad thing about it. The good? We had the entire place to ourselves!! Soooo quiet and lots of room to run and jump around, which I think made for a more enjoyable party.

The first hour was dedicated to letting the kids wear themselves out. Nolan was in HEAVEN running and playing with the few kids that were there. Ian was just content to walk around with Dad or Brande and take in all the fun.

Pretty much the only picture that turned out alright of him because I couldn't get the little stinker to hold still!!

Brande walking around with Ian

After the kids had their fill of fun, we corralled them into the party room, where Brennan had a blow-up king's throne to sit in. As you can tell by the picture, it was big enough to hold both Brennan and Gabe.

After dining on pizza and soda, the cake was brought out. Now, I have to talk about the cake. Brennan saw this cake at Publix about 6 months ago and when I asked him which cake he'd like for the party, he told me from memory the Publix SpongeBob Cake. Isn't it cute?

I didn't get a good picture before the cake was cut!

Brennan also mentioned a long time ago that he wanted to have the candles that re lit after you blew them out. I couldn't help but agree. It was so funny when he realized that I actually got the right ones and he had to keep blowing and blowing to get his wish!

Cake and Ice Cream were followed by the opening of presents, after which Brennan would say thank you and I'd say let's take a picture. For some unknown reason, Brennan kept flashing the peace sign.

With Brooklyn... Who does B think he is!?!?

After the presents, Monkey Joe came to visit everyone. He even brought Brennan his own special shirt to wear. The big kids thought he was great; Nolan couldn't care one way or the other.

Ian, on the other hand, thought he was going to DIE!! Isn't his face sooo sad?

To the Hansen's, Rippy's, Brande, and Brenna: Thanks for trekking through the snow to celebrate with us!