Kickball Party

I was looking through old pictures and came across Kaleb’s 8th Birthday party.  Kaleb is a HUGE kickball fan.  He loves playing at church, school and anytime he can convince his sisters to play in the back yard.  It is a simple game, and really easy for kids to learn and join in on.

Kaleb really wanted a sleep over party.  He had been asking for one for a while, but I held off til his 8th birthday.  My in-laws owned the perfect house for boy sleepover, and they were more than happy to let lend it to us for a night.  Not only was the house on a lake, and had a great playing field, but the house was completely empty(no furniture) and it had a theater in the basement.  Perfect!

All the parents dropped the kids off at our house and we drove 2 mini vans of excited kiddos 45 mins to the lake house.  The vans we packed out with all the kids sleeping gear.  I wish I took pictures of our voyage, but I was not blogging at the time.

Upon arrival, the kids received a kickball shirt in their team color.  I found cheap shirts at a craft store, made a cute kickball stencil and painted them with black fabric paint.  It took a bit of time, but the kids loved them!

Kaleb thought the kickball game was the “best ever”.  Love that!

The personalized water bottles were a hit.

Since the house had no furniture, it was the perfect place for a Nerf Gun fight.  Each of the kids brought their own gun and we supplied the bullets.  It was a crazy war zone, and the boys loved every minute of it.

There were bullets everywhere!

The kids loved the theater, and ended up sleeping here as well.  I had a bunch of cute blue and green themed snacks for them to munch on during the show.

Each of the kids brought home a medal, their kickball shirt and these cute little kickball gumballs.  The party was a huge success.