Gene Kranz: With all due respect sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.
- Apollo 13 {the movie, 1995}
what a memorable line from the movie apollo 13
of all the movies finn could have selected for his outdoor birthday movie,
he chose this. it's a movie our family has probably seen a dozen times,
but i'm not complaining. i love this movie, and as a parent, it would be
hard to pick a better space movie for my family than this one.
this one has it all - a rocket launch, explosions suspense, and all the while it
shows committment, leadership, teamwork, problem solving, perseverence,
AND it's based on a historical event.
since the party was themed around this movie and space,
we needed something to help make it feel like a space party.
auntie jen picked up a few mylar stars to hang outside on the tree,
and i ordered customizable printables from paper and cake.
with this stuff, the space birthday party was ready for launch!
christopher used a boxed cake mix and glass pyrex bowl to create the moon cake,
and happily announced it was the easiest
cake he's ever made for the boys.
with all that extra time he had, he
set up the movie screen and projector,
and by 4:30pm, the backyard was
filled with a dozen rambunctious boys.
{girls were strictly forbidden}
{girls were strictly forbidden}
the boys played until it was time for dinner {pizza} and cake followed.
the cake was a hit. though I always make cupcakes, the kids most often
want a slice of the cake.
in order to have these kids ready for pick-up by 8:30pm, we started the movie directly after.
it was a cool night, so the kids were dressed in sweaters and some even had sleeping bags to crawl into during the movie.
the birthday guests were delivered safely to their parents and on their way out the door, were given astronaut ice cream to take home. i was hesitant to even get this as i think it's
disgusting, but finn swears he loves it. he also shared it's yet another reason he could be an
astronaut and i couldn't. {i can't eat astronaut food and i failed the g-force test on the spinning
swing earlier in the week).
the birthday boy went to bed exhausted from all the festivities, and c and i half joked that
he went to bed with dreams of all things SPACE in his head.
oh how we love our 10 year old spacing loving boy!
~ i wish i had taken a few more photos of the snack table.
what doesn't show up is the cute printables on the glass jars.
one jar was full or orange cheese balls read 'Meteors',
and another jar was full of popcorn and read 'Asteroids'.
the boys got a kick out of the names.
