A Star Wars Birthday

The only thing that Mckay wanted for his Birthday this year was to have a Star Wars Birthday Party. When I tried to convince him to take a few friends to Jumping Jacks or bowling, he said, "That would be fun too, but can we be droids?" He had only one thing on his mind. So, for the last several weeks I have been a Star Wars geek and spent most of my free time looking up fun party ideas on the internet and this is the result....

This was the first surprise of the day. Mckay was so excited to see his cake.

Don't look too close, I'm not much of a decorator!

Ewok, Yoda, and Droid cupcakes. PJ boasted about his mad Yoda drawing skills.

These are the lightsabers that we made out of pool noodles, duct tape, and electrical tape.

Our whole family dressed up including Master Madi, oh I mean Yoda! Don't let that baby face fool you; she was the best Jedi warrior.

We started off the party by coloring StarWars pictures and playing Musical Chairs to Star Wars music. Then the little padawons were off to Jedi-training. They had go through an obstacle coarse to earn their lightsabers.

The kids were so excited to earn their lightsabers. (We also made their little Jedi outfits out of Muslin the night before.)

Learning the proper way to use a lightsaber. (PJ dressed up at the party like a Jedi and Hans Solo.)

After their training was complete, we had a surprise guest show up. At first the kids were pretty nervous. As you will quickly see they soon let themselves be guided by the force to overcome the darkside (ok, I am a geek).

Each of the kids lined up and had a turn battling with Darth Vador.

The best part about Mckay's party was seeing the smiles on all the boy's faces. They had so much fun that it made it all worth it.

The Jedi's conquered! Just in case you can't tell, that is Darth Vador getting the tar beaten out of him by 9 newly trained Jedi warriors.

Mckay loved all the generous gifts.

The boys loved the "training ball" pinata that Grandpa Jerry made. It took the Lightsaber 2000 (aka metal baseball bat with Uncle Scott's mad home run swing) to get the candy out.

It was fun to have Grandma & Grandpa Anderson at the party.

The Jedi's loved the cupcakes and the "Yoda Soda!"

May the force be with you... Can you tell the kids didn't have any fun?

Hans Solo (PJ) Princess Leia (Me), Yoda (Madi), Darth Vador (Uncle Scottie), and Young Padawon (Mckay)

Scott (Darth) and Heather were amazing help and made the whole party. It would not have been successful without them.

After the party was over we quickly changed and rushed over to Mckay's football game. He did so well and almost tackled a kid twice his size. We didn't use any camera tricks, that kid next to Mckay really is that tall.

After Mckay's football game we headed over to Grandma Cutler's for a family swim party and pizza. (Mckay, Preston, and Braxton)

Mckay was so excited to get some more Star Wars Lego sets.

Hopefully all of Mckay's wishes came true that day.

Then: August 29, 2003

Now: August 29, 2009
We love you Mckay and hope that you had a great day!