Whose Birthday Anyway?? Ninjago Party

It was really hard to tell whose special day it was - BIG brother or the LITTLE brother??

The countdown was on for months, weeks and days. The day before, little brother ran up to me first thing in the morning yelling, "okay whatever, when's it gonna be Christian's birthday so he can share all his toys with me?!" Clearly, he was sick and tired of the countdown. His Nana took him shopping to get presents for big brother and sent him home with strict rules: "DO NOT TELL CHRISTIAN WHAT WE GOT HIM!" Who was she kidding??  (Note to Nana: he is 3 - of course he's going to tell.) He ran in the house with 2 wrapped boxes so excited he could hardly stand it. He was wired, running around yelling how he knows what they are but can't tell. Then the guessing game began. Those presents came to the dinner table with Mason and to bed with him. Mind you, it was NOT his birthday and he was sleeping with his big brothers presents. That night before birthday Christian lost his 2nd tooth and put it under his pillow.
Birthday morn - crack of dawn:
I'm up feeding the baby when Mason comes tearing up the stairs yelling "look what the tooth fairy brought Christian" as he waved the bills in the air. "And it's his birthday and I woke him up so we can open all the presents!!" It was 6:45 a.m. - my boys are never up before 8! Poor birthday boy comes stumbling up the stairs half asleep and hadn't even remembered to check for tooth fairy money. No worries, somebody already took care of that. Then immediately they had to start opening presents at 7 am (THEY, that's right, Mason as well). Too funny. Let's see if he gets that excited for his OWN birthday this year!

Ninjago Party with Friends(1 of 5 celebrations for Christian - hey, we like to party around here)
Ninjago translation (for those of you without little boys): lego ninja guys that battle each other.
We are over Star Wars at our house (for now at least) and onto the latest cool gadget.

Attempting to get crafty...Cupcakes and Chinese Lanterns with Ninjago "Angry Eyes"

Uncle Johnny (aka Ninja Master Sensei Wu) taught the ninja boys their moves to earn their belts, swords and ninja costumes. He was a HIT! Jumping off the deck, doing kicks and flips. The REAL DEAL. I've never seen little boys sit so quietly and be so serious.

 My theatrical mother insisted that we ALL get into character
(you should have heard her bad attempt at a ninja accent). Thanks Nana for getting all the
impromptu ninja costumes. They were AWESOME!

Ninja Master Jace (aka grandpa) teaching the young ninjas some moves.

Pin the "Angry Eyes" on the Ninjago