Brighton turned 7 on Monday. He was up bright and early, excited to open his presents.
The girls and I went and took a special lunch to him at school. Siena insisted on sitting and eating hers with him.
It was fun to sit in his class while his teacher, Mrs. Mullins, spotlighted him.
She said her favorite thing about Brighton is that he is a good friend to everyone and always kind and friendly to all the kids, and I have to agree
Such a cutie in his birthday hat
He spent the afternoon enjoying his new gifts.
And after a dinner at Panda Express (his choice), we enjoyed his favorite, vanilla bean cheesecake. Yum.
But overall, his birthday day was pretty low-key because we were gearing up for this:
Thanks Aunt Lillian, for help with the awesome invitation
When we started planning his party, Brighton was so sweet, he had such a hard time narrowing down his guest list because he just didn't want to leave anyone out! And I have to admit that is one thing I love about him, so I decided we were going to make it work. We invited everyone in his class, plus a few special friends from his class last year. And guess what-- every single one RSVP-ed yes! 33 kids in total... can you believe it!?
We went with an all-out superhero theme
We had our darling multi-talented girls from Chelsea's party help out again. This time they did some fabulous face-painting, which was a TOTAL hit. I couldn't believe how excited the kids were to get their faces painted!
Chelsea looks on as she waits her turn
Our three fabulous face-painters
We gave the kids the option to dress up, and it was so fun to see all of the creative and fun costumes. It really added to the party spirit.
Even London dressed up
The eating part was a little chaotic, and I don't know what I would have done without my three cute helpers there to pass out the pizza, fruit, and soda. It really was a feeding frenzy. But so much fun.
We had to have two really long tables to seat all the kids
At the end we had cupcakes and ice cream. I have to say it was pretty impressive to hear 30+ kids singing "Happy Birthday".
Blowing out his candles
And his sisters got really into it, too
He is a bright, kind, sensitive, thoughtful, and ambitious boy, and we all love him so much. Hope your birthday party was all you hoped it would be, Brighty.
And now I am glad we are done with birthdays until April...
6 comments:
Logan had such a great time, thank you so muvh for inviting him. I am really impressed you had all those kids today and got this post done tonight. You are such a great mom!
Such a cute invitation, and so fun to see all the kids in their costumes. Your kids looked darling, of course. And it looks like Brighton had so much fun. He really is such a sweet boy -- Happy Birthday, Brighty.
Brighton really is such a special kid, of course he makes friends so well. I love him so much. And good job, Lisa, for throwing such an awesome HUGE party! You're seriously super mom. Love you guys.
I know the kids will look darling in their farmer and animal costumes for Halloween, but it will be hard to beat how cute they look as superheroes. I hope you got a picture of the four of them together. What a great party!
I've said it before and I"ll say it again...
You are a crazy girl!
Way to pull it off again!
you are the funnest mom ever - seriously, allie agrees. she had a ton of fun. thanks again for having her AND ethan - that was going above and beyond. he is still talking about how fun it was to be super dog at brighton's party. :)
i love that brighton wanted to invite everyone in his class. that is something to be admired for sure. what an awesome kid!
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