Tommy's 6th birthday party

We celebrated Tommy's 6th birthday on his half birthday this year.  He was a good sport about waiting. I told him he could have a plain party on his birthday in December or an awesome dinosaur party if he waited until his half birthday and that was a no brainer for him!

Here he is with his favorite friends:

Jax, Colter, Whitney, Tommy, Taylor, Tucker, & Josh

 I made a fun dino sign to welcome everyone.

 His friends were so excited to come that they came early so I had them draw the dinosaur footprints for me.

 When they came inside they were greeted by loud dinosaur sounds and given a hat and their own dinosaur name.

 We had them made binoculars for the big dinosaur egg hunt.

 Here is his dinosaur table. I had a lot of fun putting this together.

 The kids LOVED calling their drinks swamp water and hot lava. We had plenty left over and they called it that until it was gone.

 I made Tommy's cake out of rice crispies. It was HUGE and took forever to let each layer dry so I could add another batch!

 I hid a cup inside so I could surprise the boys with smoke. The boys went nuts and I heard the word "AWESOME!" over and over ;)

 Crazy kids eating lunch.  We had great weather all week and of course it decided to be windy on this day!

 While they ate lunch I ran over to the park and hid dinosaur eggs all over.

 His cousins came late, but just in time for the hunt. Here they all are at the beginning.  I tried to hide half of them pretty good, others were in the grass.

 This one doesn't show a lot... except Uncle Evan. (It's my only picture of him at the party!)  He acted like a dinosaur throughout the party and the kids loved it and played with him a lot.

 Cousin Ivy looking for eggs.  I was surprised how much the kids actually used their "dinoculars" instead of just racing around.

 Tommy finding the last birthday egg.

 He was pretty tickled pink that he got a bonus special egg.

 We walked back to the house and had a dinosaur egg race.

 Then I had one last dinosaur hunt for them in the yard.  They had to find a "nest" of eggs.

 These were special dinosaur eggs that we made out of baking soda.

 Here they are being little paleontologists.  I gave them a popsicle stick to dig with and then when they got their plastic dinosaur mostly uncovered they got a vinegar spray that made the last of the baking soda bubble off.

 Lastly, we ate the cake & rice crispies! Here is our happy birthday boy with his cake.  We tried putting the candles on the cake, but the vapor from the dry ice kept putting it out so we put them in the cupcakes.

 Tommy happily got lots of dinosaur presents.  His favorite was the two dinosaurs in his hands that roar and their eyes light up.

He has since made great use from all of his toys and convinces all of his friends to love playing dinosaurs too!