Kelton's splishin' splashin' birthday

This kid was pretty stoked for his birthday.  We ended up celebrating all weekend, and he didn't complain about that one bit.  He has outgrown his bike from a couple years ago and it was time to get him some larger wheels.  However, we didn't take into account that the coronavirus quarantine has led to a surge in bike sales.  There was only one bike in the entire shop (and county) that was his size.  Luckily he loves it.  He was so excited that he wanted to ride it home from the bike shop.  We compromised and he rode it home from Cambrie's soccer game.  

On the morning of his actual birthday he was surprised by a hallway full of balloons.  The reveal didn't quite go as planned (Daxton woke up first), so we had to set it up again for the birthday boy.  

We weren't quite done with the balloons.  We took them all outside onto the trampoline and had a fantastic balloon trampoline party.  The net kept most of the them in, which made a perfect balloon habitat for the kids.  They were out there all morning.  

Kelton couldn't wait to open his presents.  He sister had found beanbags for him and his brother.  They weren't wrapped and were just so tempting sitting there by his pile of presents.  It was definitely a baseball-themed birthday.  He was given a new gear bag from my mom, and then some baseball apparel from us.  I guess we're good to go for a couple more seasons now!

 

It was Kelton's year for a friend birthday party.  Covid has really complicated the party-throwing scene.  Everything is closed and we can't gather in large groups.  Well, we came up with (what I thought) was a pretty good plan.  We rented a large inflatable waterslide for our backyard.  We invited over just four other boys and had the best afternoon we've had in a long time.  When the slide first arrived, Kelton went right out back to help the guy set it up.  The kids gave it a few trial runs in their pajamas before the party started and decided it was worthy of fun.  We had the slide for the entire day, and it was used non-stop during that time.  

The party guests started arriving and the chaos began.  As Jeremy and I watched, we couldn't help but feel like we were watching our own personal episode of "Wipe-Out."  The kids would try to climb up the slide (which was crazy slippery) and others would slide right down into them.  For hours they ran up and down, up and down, up and down.  

When they finally needed a break we pulled out the cake.  Kelton had requested a monster cake with seven eyeballs.  The cake pops were a huge hit (and so delicious).  Everything was orange from the cake, to the frosting, to the eyeballs, to the orange soda.  It was a pretty tasty spread!  

We also pulled out some water balloons (trying to give the splash down pool to fill back up with water).  The kids had different games where they tried to pop as many as they could, or try to be the team with the last water balloon standing.

Once we were through all the water balloons and presents, it was back to the waterslide until the moms arrived.

The sweet boys who came to celebrate with us:  Brayden, Max, Matteo, and Boston

We were really lucky in that the afternoon storm rolled in just as the party was wrapping up and didn't spoil our fun.  After the worst part of the storm past, Jeremy and I went out to take our turn on the slide.  I have to admit that it was so much more fun that I was expecting.  I knew the kids would have fun, but even I was squealing and giggling with delight.  Cambrie invited over a couple of other friends throughout the day, and Sierra was the lucky one who ended up in slide battles with us.  Even though we had the slide all day, I could have done with a day or two longer!

It was fun celebrating this cute, sweet, tender-hearted, adventurous, brave little seven-year-old.  Happy birthday dude!