Barry Bretton turned nine back in November. We had a great birthday party for him back then but I got busy with the holidays and did blog about it. So here it is. 
Barry Bretton is totally into anything spy. So naturally he wanted to have a spy party for this birthday. So here are all his guest (minus 2) in disguise mode before they had to go on their big rescue mission. They each had a mustache, glasses, and spy badge. Of course we had spy music playing the whole time. For the invitations, I thought a little outside the card. We used some voice disguising software and burnt all the information on a CD they could listen to. It had all the information about the drop zone for the mission (Operation Birthday) and that if they survived the mission what time they could be picked up. OF course the message would self destruct in 5 seconds and also they needed to RSVP on a secure line so the mission would not be jeopardized. They were put in a manila envelope, marked confidential, and hand delivered by Barry Bretton in his Halloween costume (spy suit). All the boys were so excited and were totally engrossed the whole time.
He wanted his cake to look like a bomb so this is the best I could do. We also had pancakes for food because Nate the Great always eats pancakes to help him solve his mysteries.
Barry Bretton is totally into anything spy. So naturally he wanted to have a spy party for this birthday. So here are all his guest (minus 2) in disguise mode before they had to go on their big rescue mission. They each had a mustache, glasses, and spy badge. Of course we had spy music playing the whole time. For the invitations, I thought a little outside the card. We used some voice disguising software and burnt all the information on a CD they could listen to. It had all the information about the drop zone for the mission (Operation Birthday) and that if they survived the mission what time they could be picked up. OF course the message would self destruct in 5 seconds and also they needed to RSVP on a secure line so the mission would not be jeopardized. They were put in a manila envelope, marked confidential, and hand delivered by Barry Bretton in his Halloween costume (spy suit). All the boys were so excited and were totally engrossed the whole time. 
He wanted his cake to look like a bomb so this is the best I could do. We also had pancakes for food because Nate the Great always eats pancakes to help him solve his mysteries.
We set up a training facility before the boys got released around the neighborhood to solve the crime. I didn't get pictures taken of everything. I was busy running everything but here are the few I did. We had a gun range where the boys got some target practise with an air soft gun, laser beam challenge, a memory challenge, decoding practise, and an obstacle course. In the obstacle course they had to go under a bunch of trip wires without setting them off, run through tires, push-ups, toss a grenade in a bucket, and finally knock down a target with a little homemade pneumatic machine gun they each got to take home (they promised not to aim them at any siblings, friends, or neighborhood cats:).
Laser beam challenge
DecodingWe had a great time. The boys solved all the riddles. Each one led them to the next one until they solved the whole puzzle. I think the highlight was either launching off a real rocket over at the park near our house or defusing a bomb. We had a great time and all the boys survived the mission which was even better:)
(Two parties down just one to go. Stay tuned next week for Brahm's party details)
1 comments:
You are so creative! I never would think to offer these kinds of parties to my kids. You are super mom! :)
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