Cole's 9th Birthday Party

I'm a little late (That's an understatement!!) in posting these pics from Cole's birthday party.  Cole had some friends over two weekends after his actual birthday because he wanted to make sure his friends were back from spring break.  Then Tom had to travel the following weekend.  So Cole was a good sport in delaying his party until after everyone came back.

The kids began trickling in at 2:00 pm and as soon as they all got here, they trekked out to the backyard.  They played badminton and bocce.  I got a little worried when the bocce balls started flying from opposite directions.  I guess Tom, who was in charge of entertainment, forgot to explain the rules of playing bocce.  So I went out to "remind" Tom that it might be a good idea to explain the rules to the kids because we didn't want any of them to go home with bumps the size of golf balls on their heads or black eyes!  :)

We were so happy to see Cole happy!  He was so excited to have all his good friends over!  We've never heard so many loud voices at the same time.  Nine kids screaming at the same time is pretty L-O-U-D!  The kids were all goofy with each other and kids' laughter was contagious amongst themselves.  It was fun to watch.

Here are some pics from the party.  You can click on each picture to view in larger format.

Here's the birthday gang...

Cutting the cake is serious stuff.  Right, Tommy?  :)

After all that food, they all went back outside to play...

 

  

Not sure what this is all about.  Cole took off like the wind...

Here are the munchies for the kids.  Made some "spring-y" cupcakes...

and some spring-y flower candy...

and fondant cookies...

  

and some cake pops...

Then there was pizza and spaghetti with meatballs... with Grandma's secret recipe sauce!  I forgot to take pics of those.  :(  After pizza and spaghetti came the... birthday cake!!

Cole requested a Shrek cake with half chocolate and half vanilla cake with vanilla icing.  The boy knows his cake!... and no, I didn't make the cake.  The cake was courtesy of our friendly neighborhood Publix.

Thank you all for coming.  You made Cole's birthday party a very happy and memorable one!  We enjoyed having you.  See you again next year!!