birthday party

Danny went to his first official birthday party today. It was the cutest thing! A superhero party for his friend, Jude. All the kids received their own (legit) capes and masks. They "flew" up the hill in the backyard to the secret superhero clubhouse where they visited different stations to retrieve superhero items: rope (streamers) to tie up the villain, vaporizer spray (silly string), and lightsticks (glow bracelets). They travelled into the batcave, up into a tall building (tree house and rope bridge), and learned to jump super high on the trampoline. Then, the villain appeared, and the kids all got to spray him with silly stirng and tie him up with streamers. Jude's mom, Megan, did a great job entertaining the kiddos for their activities. After all the fun, the kids ate snacks, cupcakes, and watched Jude open presents.

Danny needed me to hold his hand the whole stinking time, refused to wear his costume, made a mean face every time I told him to join the group, but then threw an absolute fit when we had to leave! "I just want to go to Jude's superhero party!!!" Go figure! He napped almost three hours this afternoon -- that tells you how fun his morning was :)