Mickey Mouse Birthday Party

Since March, we have been asking Jack what kind of birthday he wanted.  He started out by saying he wanted a Thomas birthday.  So I went on Pinterest and started pinning ideas.  Then one day, Daddy got Jack thinking about having a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Party.  As time went on, it was good that we decided to switch.  Jack seemed to become obsessed with Mickey Mouse and Kyle even started to like it.

I decided to do the same thing as last year.  A friend party in the morning and a family party at night.  This works great.  We get a nice break between the two parties while the boys nap and my decorations, that I spent time and money on, get to be used more than once.

Outside we had a photo opportunity with all of the Mickey friends.  We also had a bounce house.  This thing was great.  It was big enough for adults and it was the same price for 2 hours or 10 hours.  So we had it up for both parties.

I got this cute door sign and the Mickey Character centerpieces that you'll see later in the blog, off of Etsy.

As the guests entered the house they were greeted by a lifesize Mickey Mouse Balloon and a table where they could pick up their ears.  One of Jack's favorite saying from the show -

We had an area inside for the kids to eat and do puzzles if they didn't want to be outside.

The dining room provided another eating area.  These are some of the character centerpieces I got from Etsy.  I also hung up paper lanterns that I put sparkly ears on.

This shows Jack's first and second year membory books I have had printed from my blog posts.

Daddy coming back from picking up balloons.  Jack was shocked to see this BIG Mickey Mouse.

Below the ears table I had the goody bags.  Jack was eyeing them.

Kyle was so chill sitting in his highchair eating Veggie stix.

Jack had the front door open the moment he saw his friends pull up.  He watched and waited as they got out and came to the door.  This year we invited Jack's friends.  I know you are thinking, "Yeah, isn't that how it should always be?"  But the past two years we have invited Ben and my friends and if they had kids they came too.  This year we invited friends from Jack's Sunday School class as well as his class from Preschool. Three girls from Jack's preschool class ended up coming to the party.  It was fun to watch them all play and interact with each other.  I don't normally get to see him play with the kids from his class.

Jack was very excited to show his friends his house...

... and Mickey Mouse!

Not sure what to think of all of these people or the hat on his head.

The kids got their ears and then headed straight for the bounce house.  They had a blast.

They also had fun on the "playground".

Mr. Owen showing his ball handling skills

Jack wanted his socks off once he saw that his friends had theirs off.

We had the food set up in the kitchen.  Hot dogs, chips, watermelon, strawberries, and blueberries.

After playing for about 30 minutes we brought everyone in to do the hot dog dance and then to eat lunch.  Here is a video of the kids doing the hot dog dance:

Dancing with Mickey during the hot dog dance.

Lunchtime

KK and Papa came over because they weren't sure if they would be able to come to the family party that night.  They also helped out a ton by watching Kyle for most of the party.

Cake time!  I got the cake from Cooper Street Bakery.  We've used them for all of Jack's birthday and have always been pleased.  Jack was very excited to see the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the cake.  He had been looking at Google images of Clubhouse cakes since March.  The cake was half white half chocolate.

Here is the video of singing "Happy Birthday" and Jack blowing out the candles:

After cake, the kids played a little longer.  Then we went inside to do the pinata.  This kind is where you pull a string until the trap door opens.  All the strings had been pulled but only one piece of candy had fallen out.  Ben had to shake it pretty hard for the rest to come out.

Kyle playing with his friend Griffin.

Jack talking with the babies.

Annabelle having a ball sitting and examining the candy.

A few of the guests stayed after everyone else left and decided to jump in the bounce house.  Jack and Owen were the only kids in the bounce house.  The rest were adults.

Family photo after the friends party.

I got Jack to wear his hat after he came down from his nap.

The "cup balloon".  Or as it is actually called the Glove Balloon.

Jack asked Grandpa to jump with him to start off the family party.

Kyle came in to jump too!

Jack was so excited when Tessa and Claire arrived.  He ran into the house to get Tessa her ears to put on.

We did the hot dog dance again.  Jack was a little shy at first...

... so uncle Jack came up to dance with him.

Kyle with Aunt Linda.  Kyle loves the hot dog dance too.

Singing and blowing out candles on the half eaten cake.

Jack opened gifts at this party.  We asked that his friends bring items to go to Mission Arlington.  We have plenty of toys.  We didn't need anymore.

Jack got a watering can and shovel for his flowers out front.

Kyle played with Mimi while Jack opened gifts.

It was a great day!