Suprise Party

I had what I thought was a brilliant plan. I would throw a surprise double belated birthday bash for my 2 boys since we completely failed to honor them properly at their real birthday seasons. (For the record Ryan did get a nice reception for his baptism, but he didn't think that counted.) However, it was such a secret that Dan didn't even know. (We briefly discussed it but I failed to include him in the planning stages. Lo siento, my hubby. I love you and beg forgiveness and promise to be a better communicator in the future.)

Actually, this party was more a glorified play date with a very short invite list. It is hard to keep secrets with children!

Man oh man, I found 2 awesome cookie cake recipes. I over cooked the chocolate chip one by about 1 1/2 minutes.

But the funfetti sugar cookie surprise was a total winner!

 The Pringles took on the challenge of getting Ryan to the pool on time. Remember it was 5 months after his birthday, so Ryan was very skeptical that we were throwing him a party.

 The Bakers were good enough to entertain Alex and get him to the party on time. Alex was like, 'Oh, someone is having a party, maybe we shouldn't be here!'

 No really, this is for you! Surprise!

 No, really, really.

 Oh, OK. That's right. I did mention to the kids 2 months ago that we could have a pool party for their friends in the summer for said missed bdays. So eventually all the dots did connect.

Alex's invitees: Jayden, Andrew, Nico, Matt.

Ryan's invitees: Asher, Gabe, Sawyer, Collin.

Yes, you've seen this picture before. Third summer in their pink, matching floaties...
Thank you a hundred times over to my friends for helping me throw this party. Without your help and your own secret keeping the party would not have turned out. You are fabulous!