Peyton's 9th Birthday!

Peyton's 9th birthday fell on the first day of school this year, so we choose to celebrate with a few friends the weekend before.  Choosing a theme was tough this year, as Peyton has a few passions right now.  After crossing off both a Star Wars and Harry Potter theme, he eventually settled on Pokemon.  This was a surprisingly fun theme and we both enjoyed planning his Pokemon party!  

Also an avid Pokemon fan, the Papa Murphy's pizza maker, was pumped to make a poke ball pizza and even gave Peyton a free dessert pizza and root beer.  This made his day!  Peyton chose colored fruits, veggies and snacks to match each of the Energy cards and I made Peyton's favorite mint chocolate chip ice cream cake.  Covered with whipped cream, this was also easily transformed into a poke ball.  Unfortunately, it was such a warm day and it served more like ice-cream soup!

The boys mostly enjoyed running around outside and being together.  To help channel their energy, Peyton had his guests each make a catapult and their very own poke ball (ping-pong ball).  Once assembled, they enjoyed somewhat controlled mayhem!  It was later reported that they enjoyed shooting at me (armed with marshmallows!) best!  I may have encouraged this!!

Finally, to cool off before sending the (wet) boys home, we armed them with water balloons.  

On his actual birthday, I picked Peyton up after school and took him to The Valley to swim and BBQ with the family.  Birthdays, end of summer, first day of school, friends, family...We had a lot to celebrate.  

 Happy 9th Birthday, Peyton!