THAT is how old my oldest baby is! Can you believe it??? WOW, I have to say i feel sort of proud to be here at this stage with a genuine KID – I’ve actually raised a child all the way from baby into “actual kid” age… no more preschooler, kindergardener… now he is “school aged” and that is saying a LOT.

This for me is the epitome of what it is like to have a six year old in the house:

Gareth wrote this story called “My Dad” today in the car! Okay don’t you just want to melt? On so many levels, 1 that i have a little one that can WRITE stories, and 2 that this is what he would write…. it is special.

So to celebrate this weekend, we had a StarWars birthday party for Gareth yesterday. We had six of his little buddies over (it just worked out to be six because a few couldn’t make it). The kids had such a great time, the first thing we did was dress up as Jedi’s, all the kids got a cape when they walked in the door, then they grabbed a “LightSaber” (pool noodle) and went into the back yard to battle some evil sith:

Then they came inside and hunted up some snacks that were inside the “Death Stars” (big foil balls) and we attatched them to strings so they had to follow the string and find their snacks.

Then we made “x-wing fighters” daddy’s GREAT design idea!

Then Star wars cupcakes with little starwars rings on top (THANK YOU freddies!!!)

After that presents, and LOTS of Star Wars goodies for this guy!

Now, if i would have been thinking clearly when i created my invites, i would have made this party from 3 to 5, like most SANE people do… BUT i was dumb and didn’t realize that 2 to 5 is THREE HOURS! So we ended up with pretty much a full hour to kill at the end!

THANK the Lord for video games! It was over 90 outside and too hot for any more Jedi play, so the two televisions set up with video game systems totally saved me!!!

In the end it was a fabulous time, and I ended the day with a very happy 6 year old! Oh and lots of parents with big eyes when we sent the kids out the door in a jedi cape, with a thier own light saber and a hand made x-wing fighter plus the coolest goodie bag ever with a starwars PEZ dispenser inside!

All I can say is THANK goodness for google and “Starwars Birthday Party Ideas” web search.

OY! I am ready to sleep for a week! BUT I have a HUGE week ahead of me! TONS of scrapping and doodling to do, A few Moms Club loose ends to tie up AND a really cool new “thing” in the works! You are just going to have to wait and see though!