Celebrating Jack's 10th Birthday with Friends and Family

It is rare that a single day goes by that Jack (and now, James) doesn't wear an item of clothing that has camo on it.  For that reason, it was fitting to go with a "camo theme" for his birthday.

We set the party up in the garage, which is perfect for a May birthday party in Michigan.

I hung a nice camo tarp for a backdrop, which the boys later hauled out into the woods to use for 'real camo' when hunting.

I set out a few favors for guests: camo water bottles, sunglasses in a camo case and mini lego kits.

The main table was set up with a goodie-bag at each spot where I stenciled in the initials of each of Jack's friends that he invited.

Attached was a fun compass and a paracord bracelet for everyone.

Later, the goodie-bags would be used to stuff all of their loot from the homemade pinata into:

Anxiously awaiting someone to break that beast open:

For something different, we decided to take the kids bowling at a local bowling alley.  At a recent silent auction, I had won a party package and thought that this would be a great time to use the certificate.  We had 2 hours of bowling with pizza and pop and they boys had a blast!

Afterwards, we took them back home for the pinata, opening of gifts and cupcakes!

Camo cupcakes!  (I made similar cupcakes for one of Steve's birthdays years ago and decided to make them again for Jack).

The birthday boy, living his best life!

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The next day, with the garage still set up from celebrating Jack's birthday with his friends, we invited family over for tacos and more camo.

As usual, I made and decorated Jack's cake.  And, by this point, I am pretty sure that I was beginning to tire of camo :)

He opened some great gifts including this nice fishing hat that would help to protect his face and ears from the sun this summer:

And yes, he is wearing the same shirt as the day before.  I washed it for him after his 'friends party' because he loves it so much and he wanted to wear it again the next day.

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