Day of Knight: Long ago...In a Galaxy Far Far Away...

My ~~little~~ Big boy turned 5 on Monday!! This past saturday we threw him his birthday party with all of his little friends. Upon Parkers request we threw him a Star Wars themed party! Let me just tell you.... Star Wars parties are a blast to plan!! If my budget were a little larger and I had all the time in the world I could have gone way, I mean WAY overboard with this theme. I started the week of the party off by making 17 Jedi Cloaks for all the little Padawans at the party. Thats right people 17!!! I am not much of a sewer but I thought it would be a cute idea so I winged it and came up with my version of a Jedi Cloak. I traced one of Parkers t-shirts and a hoodie, sewed the pieces together, tied a rope around the waist and VIOLA.... a Jedi Cloak! They were a hit with all the little kids.

I also made Light Sabers for all of the little kids. I was originally going to buy them all a cheap one as a party favor but since we were having Darth Vadar come to the party I thought he would appreciate something a little softer so he didn't return home with bruises everywhere. I searched some other party blogs and found the wonderful idea of making them out of pool noodles. So I went to Target and got pool noodles for $1.00, cut them in 1/2 and wrapped them in Duck tape. Easy as pie and once again the kids LOVED them.

I was trying to save money this year on the party since we are adopting and since we are at the top of the wait-list for our referral for our daughter and fees will be due soon I didn't want to blow through my budget. I decided to make the cake myself. It was cute for making it myself... I am by no means a cake decorator but Parker loved it. I baked and iced it the night before and while I was cleaning up my messes the next morning I discovered that some little fingers had found their to the icing. It's like they have a little sugar sensor that goes off when high levels of sugar our in our house and they start sniffing around like a dog on a bunny trail and once they find it they can't hep but lick....