Madden's 7th Birthday

Well, this is seven!!

  Madden was pretty mellow when it came to party planning this year.  When I first started asking him about what he wanted to do for his birthday he mentioned that he wanted something small.  When our football schedule showed a bye the week of his birthday I thought...PERFECT, lets have a small gathering with his football team to celebrate, and Madden agreed.

We went with the football team colors for the party.  We served Madden's favorite for dinner, bean and cheese burritos and tortilla chips.

I wanted to have something to keep the kids entertained at our house so a dunk tank it was.  The kids went NUTS!!  They loved every minute of it.  All the boys took turns dunking each other and even got a couple good dunks on the coaches.  It definitely got chilly as the evening went on, but lucky Jake and Lucy didn't mind the cold and continued to allow people to dunk them.

This year cake wasn't something that Madden was interested in.  Instead we went with the 5 pound bag of Dippin Dots.  The massive bag of ice cream arrived just a few hours before the partied on dry ice.  The birthday boy ate his out of a massive silver goblet.

The party was just what Madden wanted and he couldn't of been more grateful to spend it with the friends he did.

Lucky for Madden and I we got a last minute call to babysit Lennon and Morrison.  We drove down to Riverside early the next morning.  We arrived to a minecraft theme birthday breakfast full of donuts, balloons, and presents.  It was so sweet of Erin and my brother to set up for Madden.

One of Madden's present request this year was a pet...and that pet was a Hermit Crab.  Lucky for him when we went to buy the hermit crab we were told that they don't like to be alone, so he walked out with two of them.

Meet the newest members of the Ernest Family....Joe & Murr.  Yes Madden named them after two of the guys on his favorite TV show, Impractical Jokers.  

Confetti Pancakes for Birthday Breakfast!

Besides the hermit crabs Mom and Dad got Madden a wireless controller for his video games, Minecraft game, and a clock for his room.

Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Sundae for the birthday boy.

As a joke, Dad and Skylar came up with personalized shirts to surprise Madden with.  We wanted to wear them to his birthday sushi dinner but he requested that we didn't and we respected his wishes, but not before we all got a good laugh.

Madden you are such a treasure from above, and bring us so much joy and love.  We can't wait to see what this upcoming year brings you.