Matthew's 12th Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Matthew's 12th Birthday. It's not his actual birthday but simply the day we figured we could get at least most of the people he wanted together when I wouldn't go completely bonkers trying to put it on.

Of course, the first thing to understand about Matthew is....He's evil. He always roots for the villains. His story for NaNoWriMo was all about the villain finally winning and taking over the world. He believes in the rights of pirates and ninjas to do whatever they can get away with. Why? Cause he's just that kind of kid. (Does a mother proud!)

So when asked what kind of party he wanted, he immediately replied with Darth Vader. Why? Cause he has a new lightsaber and wanted to use it to beat the pinata. That my dear friends is how you choose your birthday theme.

So now that we have a theme, we need a cake. I'm pretty pleased with how this one turned out:

Yes, those are cookies. That is why we all go to the dark side. They have the best cookies.

Now, by tradition there is always a second cake at these parties. Usually it's a standard 8-9" double layer round with whipped cream frosting and strawberries.

That was not dark enough to suit my child tho, so we had to go with the Death Star:

Or at least the closest approximation I could do on no sleep and at the party site since I had concluded that transportation would be hazardous.

But here they are side by side, makes it easier to figure it out, right?

Right?!

Well, no matter. Looks don't count nearly as much as taste...

Or wearability.

Now comes the whole pinata part which was the point of this theme. Since Matthew has mean parents who would not allow him to use his $150 lightsaber to beat on the pinata, he had to come up with some other way cool way of beating on it.
Introducing the duct tape lightsaber...


Able to put Darth Vader in his place (although Matthew was hoping for a Yoda pinata, the irony of beating on Darth with his own lightsaber did appeal to him)And what fun is a pinata if you can't spin the kids around to make them puke before handing them a large wooden stick and telling them whack a moving object using only the force to find it.
And when all else fails and your pinata is broken, go find some other kids' party, look cute, and beat on their pinata with your way awesomely cool lightsaber pinata beating stick...Poor Alvin never had a chance:

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All pictures of Matt's actual party were taken by our friend Justin since my camera crapped out right after the pictures of the cakes and Alvin's demise (which actually took place before we took out Darth Vader but event order was changed to make a better sounding story) Thank you Justin!