Jack's 9th Birthday Party

Jack turns 9 later this week, but as later this week is a holiday here in Kuwait and a lot of families travel, we celebrated this weekend!  We had a Minute to Win It Birthday Party for Jack!  It was a great time, with 4 friends who were able to make it and lots of fun challenges for the kids.  We did Hanky Panky - the tissue box pull, Nose Dive - picking up cotton balls with vaseline on your nose, Noodling Around - where you have to stack 3 penne pasta noodles on a spaghetti noodle, Suck It Up - where you have to suck up 5 Skittles one at a time onto your straw and then dump it into a cup, This Blows - where they had to use a straw to blow a plastic cup down the length of the table and Breakfast Scramble - where they had to put together a puzzle made out of a cereal box!  Everyone had a blast and enjoyed the challenges - I think it was a great party for 8 and 9 year old boys!  We, of course, also did Pass the Parcel - a standard in our house!  

Jack's Birthday Invitation

Our Family

 The Birthday Boy and Mom

 The Birthday Boy and Dad

 Our decorations - the table couldn't have anything on it, since we were using it for all the challenges

 Red, white and blue theme

 Balloons on the bamboo ladder

 The Game Begins in 3-2-1

 Jack's cake with a stopwatch theme for the countdowns!

 His best buddies in Kuwait 

Jack, Bader, Talib and Gun ha

 Getting ready for the first game - Hanky Panky, the tissue pull!

 A flurry of activity!

 Blowing cups down the super smooth and shiny table didn't take long!

 Kylie getting it!

 Megan sprawled on the table instead of running around to the other side

 Suck it up - trying to suck up skittles onto the end of their straws to place them in a cup!  Jack was the clear winner!

 Megan's nose with vaseline on it for Nose Dive

 A pro at shaking them off into the cup!

 Noodling Around when he finished!

 Breakfast Scramble - the kids did great putting them together!  It was a great way to make puzzles!

 Jack with his cereal namesake

 Megan with one of the hardest ones - and she rocked it!

 Kylie was super quick - quicker than I thought she would be!

 Pass the Parcel - always fun!  Bader won the prize inside - a huge box of Mike & Ikes, plus everyone got a pack of gum!

 The Whole Crew

Talib, Bader, Zade, Jack, Gun ha, Kylie and Megan

 And doing their versions of Fist of Rock!

 Singing Happy Birthday in English, Arabic and Spanish to the Birthday Boy!

 Enjoying his blue cake with blue icing...and ice cream!

 Everyone enjoyed it!

 Opening presents!

 A watch, a remote control helicopter, a game and a shooter car - so fun!

A great birthday party!