Party Time!!

The big day has arrived!! Tuesday wasn't the day he was REALLY looking forward to. Nope. Today was! Today was the big science party, that we've been planning for forever.



The decorations stayed up, but we added some decorative beakers and some party favors.

Thanks to the wonderful website Pinterest, I found these really cute favors. Homemade slime in mason jars! The best part was that when squishing the flubber inside the jars, they made farting noises. Instant hit with this crowd!

We decided to keep the majority of the party downstairs, because they really can't hurt anything down there. We set up a big table of experiments on our pingpong table.

We had a whole bunch of different ones to do. The bags (there on the left you can see Livie's) were the first thing they did. They came downstairs, found their spot at the table and decorated their bag. This was the bag they got to take home all their experiments in, along with the slime.

We got out some dry ice and had that "steaming" throughout the party. Then I walked them through the experiments.

The first one we did was make rubber worms. We had "worm activating solution" and blue gel. Once the gel was squirted into the cup with the activator, it instantly turned into rubber. They LOVED that!

They made miles and miles of worms. It was really cool!

Here, Noah and his bestie Nicky shared the worm goo as they made up their worms.

I didn't take pictures of all the experiments, but we made giant orbs. We turned water into a solid. Made insta-snow and played with water gel beads too. Our grand finale was the boo bubble machine. Pete talked to the kids about that and showed them how to work it.

We put dry ice in the water basin and the hose that came out was dunked in dishwashing detergent. That made it blow bubbles with the fog of the dry ice inside. Each child got to catch those bubbles with the gloves we had and bounce them around. Again, another hit! They really enjoyed that a lot! They were so excited throughout the experiment time, that the noise level with those 11 kids got very, VERY loud! Thank goodness my friends Patty and Lisa stayed and helped out. It got a little crazy! But, it was a lot of fun and the kids walked away with a bag full of experiments.

Next came the donut cake. I do believe Noah is becoming famous for his donut cakes. I don't have to bake and it's cheap, so I can't complain!

Darn! Not sure why this picture is on its side, but I wanted to keep it on here to show how cute the kids were while they ate. They all sat around my grandma's hope chest and chatted and ate. We had a fun little drink today that I found on Pinterest. I made a bunch of koolaid ice cubes and we added them to 7-up and it changed the 7-up to different colors and made it taste like fruit punch. Really cute!

After all that, we just let them play for a good half hour or so. They mostly played with the lightsabers and nerf guns. They just enjoyed running around and fighting each other and playing pirates and stuff. They were really fun to watch. :-)

In the last 15 min or so, before the party was to end, we went upstairs and had Noah open his presents.

Nicky got him some money and a really cute card. He had to give Nicky a BIG hug! This started a big hug fest between all the kids. So silly!

Noah walked away with a new nerf gun, a playmobil set, and a Jack Sparrow outfit, complete with 2 swords! Plus, we got him 2 books, 2 Kung Zhu playsets, and a new sleeping bag with matching pillow. Once again, totally spoiled rotten and LOVING IT!!

Look at his face when he saw the giant Pirate sword!

After the presents, some of the kids got out the slime/flubber. Once they realized that it made farting noises, there was no stopping them. We're so classy.

While Madie played pirates with the boys, Livie lived it up with her friends Janessa and Alondra. They had a ball together!

Yep. I think I can safely say it was a great party and they kids had a pretty terrific time!!! I am now ready for a nap!