Miles' Third Birthday "Rocketship" Party

I am a bit behind on blogging these days, we've had a busy September. Above are some photos from Miles' 3rd birthday party with his friends. We had it a few weeks after his actual birthday, so he is truly embracing the concept of a "birthday month" (a concept my Uncle Steve has wholeheartedly pioneered!).

Miles selected a space/rocketship theme, and we went with it, from the cake to the favors and games. Aunt Laura drew a beautiful space poster (see second photo above) that we used to play "Pin the Rocketship on the Moon" (a version of pin the tail on the donkey). And Jesse organized a rousing game of "Musical Space Placemats" to the music of Bon Jovi (a version of musical chairs). In the backyard, we also had out Miles' soccer ball pit (thanks Uncle Ken and Aunt Emmy!) and his basketball net. Miles also selected the menu of A&J's hot dogs, mac and cheese, peanut butter and jelly and fruit (okay, I added the fruit part). His cake matched the paper goods and was, of course, all vanilla.

There are many more photos, there's a maximum of four that I can post, I will try to email more around later. We had beautiful weather and were so happy that his friends could come over! Miles had a blast, no pun intended.