I read somewhere that it's all about the invitation. If that's no good, the party is a bust. Ha ha. So, thanks to Pinterest and the awesome skills of Mr. Ben, our invites ended up being pretty darn cool! Outside they looked like lightsabers. 
Inside was Ben's work.
We decided to have the party at our church. Honestly, it's the best place to have a party. No clean up before and there's lots of room for shenanigans. We've learned time and time again that we can't count on Mother Nature to deliver the good weather and this day it just happened to be blustery and cold! So glad we planned it for the church! We had the craziest day with 3 soccer games and a birthday party so we were barely set up when the kids started arriving for the party. They started out watching LEGO Star Wars Padawan Menace. That show rocks! My favorite line is when Han Solo says to Yoda, " At least know how to talk normal, I do." Classic.
After that Ben explained to all of our little padawans that they were at McKade's party to learn to become Jedi. They would train in a few different areas and learn the skills they needed. The first training was passing the thermal detonator (think hot potato) to test their Jedi reflexes. They all did really well!
The next skill was to learn to sense the dark side. They had to play Jedi, Jedi, Sith (Duck, Duck, Goose) to filter out the Sith in the group. Luckily, in the end, we realized we were safe from the Sith.
They were then ready for a trial mission and since Ahsoka Tano had been kidnapped Ben enlisted their help to find her. They went on a scavenger hunt throughout the church and finally were able to save her. 
We decided it was a good time for some cake and ice cream and the kids were all on board so we sang 'Happy Birthday' to Kade and dug in! Yeah, I know....there were a lot of kids!!
I had the brilliant idea to make these Yoda ice cream scoops I saw on Pinterest. I loved the convenience of having all the scoops ready to go, but the Yodas looked like pigs and it took a lot of time! Kade loved it though!
Thanks to my sidekicks, Adrianne & Sara, for helping out so much! Don't we look awesome all color coordinated? I purposely planned the party on St. Patrick's Day for that reason alone.
Of course the party would not have even been slightly cool without Ben's mad Jedi training skills.
After cupcakes and ice cream we opened presents and then had a special visitor, Yoda!! Yoda tested the Padawan's listening skills by playing Yoda Says. It was pretty hilarious! The only thing was that Nick missed it all. He was bummed about that.
Then it was time to move onto lightsaber training. The kids all received a special lightsaber and listened to Ben very well as he trained them in lightsaber skills with lunging, ducking, and attacking with their sabers.
They were then declared fully trained Jedis and given one more mission...
....attacking the Sith in a lightsaber duel (breaking the pinata). Kade and I made this homemade pinata together. It was so fun...and it ended up being huge...meaning a ton of candy went inside!!
I really mean a ton!! 
After the party we hurried and cleaned up and then rushed down to Kade's first soccer game of Spring. Kade absolutely loves soccer and was so excited to start up again! It was a really cold day and it was even snowing when we were at the game. 
After the party we hurried and cleaned up and then rushed down to Kade's first soccer game of Spring. Kade absolutely loves soccer and was so excited to start up again! It was a really cold day and it was even snowing when we were at the game. 
Kade made the goal to make 6 goals since he was turning 6! 
He celebrated each of his goals with a dance! 
How determined is this kid? He made his sixth goal right as the game ended! Woohoo Kade!!
He celebrated each of his goals with a dance!
On Sunday I told McKade I'd make his favorite meal for dinner. He decided that he wanted all Star Wars food made from the recipes in our Star Wars cookbook. Kade also requested that our friends, the Coxs, come over to celebrate with his Star Wars dinner! Thanks for putting up with our interesting food!!
The dinner consisted of Boba Fettucine and Bantha Bread, 
Jabba's Jiggle with Han Solo frozen inside,
Yoda Soda,
and for dessert, Wookie Cookies!
It was pretty awesome!!
Yoda Soda,
It was pretty awesome!!On Kade's actual birthday, which was Monday, he requested German pancake muffins for breakfast....and of course he wanted us to sing and to blow out candles.
Kade was supposed to take treats to his class and he chose to take Krispy Kremes!
While we were there he got a call from Geoffery the Giraffe from Toys 'R Us!
Then our whole family got to go to Kade's kindergarten class and spotlight him! 
All the kids in McKade's class made him a card for his birthday. He was especially thrilled about this one from his special lady friend that said "I like you!" on it. 
For an extra special treat I took McKade out to lunch at McDonald's!
The highlight of the day was that we woke up to a lot of snow! In fact, for the first time in the entire winter there was enough to go sledding! McKade knew it was especially for him since he was born during a blizzard and LOVES snow!
After sledding forever McKade wanted to invite his bestie, Gordon, over to play. They had a lot of fun!
Mom & Dad got him a Razor scooter, which he's been wanting forever! The wait payed off with a really cool one that has light up wheels!
Kade's cake was another Pinterest inspiration. I think it turned out awesome....just like him! He was excited to finally get to eat it.
Happy Birthday my awesome 6 year old!! I hope all of your wishes and dreams come true!! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I said it six times, just for you, because you're 6!! 
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What a fun birthday weekend! Max had so much fun at the party, he is still talking about it! Happy birthday to McKade.
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