Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Jeremy's 6th Birthday--the WALL*E Party

I'm finally catching up, so here's a post about the fabulous WALL*E themed party.

[If you haven't seen the movie, you should.  I don't care who you are or how old or how young or where you live....you should see this movie.  It's adorable and charming and quirky and cute and manages to let you feel hopeful even while leaving you more than a little uncomfortable about how much garbage you put by the curb last Friday. Also it helps to be in on all the little details.  One family came to the party and later told us "We rented WALL*E last night and the kids really 'get' the party now."]

The Cake in early stages of construction (note the nutty bar "treads"):















The Cake finished. Note that Nancy braved fondant.  Also the eyes are binoculars, the neck and arms are carboard covered with fondant.  Everything else is (was) edible (and therefore eaten):



















The Cake WALL*E in all his glory surrounded by cuttings the kids planted in boots [not only does the precious little bean plant get carted around in a boot for the whole movie, but this also furthers the recycling theme since our boots came from the Good Will and the plant cuttings were from a friend at the office whose ivies needed trimming]:
















We made craft foam collages:















We played "Pin the Cockroaches on WALL*E"  (Hi Sonia!):



















The Marks children decorated a tablecloth with all the characters from the movie (here are some of my personal favorites):

Here is Jeremy opening presents with some of his entourage looking on:

Also featured at the party: smoothies in Buy N Large cups, favor boxes that looked like little lunch coolers with rubber duckies in them, and Twinkies (which our kids had never before experienced)!

It was a fun party and it was great to have several parents plus Aunt Tacy, Nana Mary and Sara & Ed Ferguson on hand to enjoy the festivities and help with the activities.

Finally, a special gift was a new quilt from Nana Mary.  It matches last year's CARS theme which is still very much a Jeremy favorite (as you can see from the coordinating outfit).   The smile is fake, but the joy is genuine! 

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