Jack's 7th birthday fell during the Covid-19 Quarantine. The Stay-At-Home-Order was still in effect, so the idea of celebrating on time with family and friends was not an option. Instead, we celebrated on his real birthday (May 17th) with our immediate household -- the same people that we have been spending every waking moment with for the last several months -- and I did my best to still make it special for the Birthday Boy.
All along, I had planned on a NERF theme. Jack LOVES NERF guns, darts, targets, etc. And I thought that it would make a great party idea to celebrate with a bunch of other 7 year old boys. While we didn't end up celebrating with his friends this year, I still used the blue and orange colors and pulled a few things together.
Traditional cinnamon rolls for breakfast:
All of the gifts from us were wrapped with standard NERF colors -- blue, orange and white. And the target was something that I made simply using a bunch of concentric circles and orange tape.
I couldn't possibly love this picture more if I tried. And, I love how Sam took the liberty of writing "from your favorite sister" on any of the gifts from her.
Spiderman joined us and can never pass up an opportunity to help someone else open their gifts ...
Jimmy was pretty excited about the mask that he picked out to give Jack (it is used during NERF gun wars).
Sophia was still in her pajamas -- that's what happens during quarantine -- but showed up with smiles for the Birthday Boy.
Samantha surprised Jack with something special -- a ticket so that she would play any game of his choice with him. Definitely a thoughtful idea!
Steve's gift to Jack was a great one! It was a tackle box with anything and everything in it that a fisherman might want. Truthfully, Steve won the filled box during a raffle last Fall and we saved it for Jack's birthday. It was perfect timing because Jack has now started to really LOVE fishing.
And, of course, I made him a cake -- an oreo cake, per his request.
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Grandpa came over one day to go fishing and to give Jack his birthday present.
Once again, Little Brother was on the scene to assist with the package-opening.
It was a 2-pack of salt guns for shooting bugs!
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Finally ... at the end of June ... we were able to celebrate Jack's birthday with family!
With the warmer weather, we opted to set up the taco party in the garage!
Jello in cups, designed to look like NERF darts. Wow, the kids loved those!
New googles for diving this summer!
And white sunglasses, which seem to be one of his dad's signature items -- along with camo.
And, there is another favorite thing -- a camo tank top! Yup, this boy is ready for the Summer months now.
Lighting his OWN candles.
Happy birthday, (again) Jack!
