Cruise's Birthday Party

Cruise had a great birthday party! This year he wanted to go to the Living Planet Aquarium in Draper. I looked up their birthday packages and I just couldn't justify paying that much on a party. So I had all the kids meet at the house first where we had cake & presents, and then we drove them all to the aquarium. It worked out fantastically and everyone had fun!

Cruise decided he wanted to have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cake this year. As much as I wanted to go crazy with the fondant and modeling chocolate, I remembered my agreement with Dave that I wouldn't go nuts. Plus, Cruise hates fondant, so I had to do something with just frosting. So I bought a topper from Amazon and did the rest in buttercream frosting. The cake was vanilla and I made chocolate mousse to go in between the three layers. It turned out great and tasted amazing!

Cruise had Claire, Sam (from his church class), and Aiden show up. Aiden didn't come for the first hour and a half, so his mom dropped him off at the aquarium. Abby, Casey and baby Liev joined us as well.

Cruise got some great gifts! Grams sent him a check for $15, Grandma & Papa Greer sent him another obnoxious card and a gift card to Target (he loved it), Grandma & Grandpa Ybarra sent him a Miposaur robot, Abby & Casey got him an iTunes gift card, Jett got him walkie-talkies, Claire got him a Moon in My Room (he used to have one when he was a toddler, but it broke), Sam got him Legos, and Dave & I got him an iPod shuffle. He loved all of his gifts and was so happy to get them! Thank you everyone for thinking of him!

After presents, we packed it up and headed over to the aquarium!

The kids had a lot of fun and eventually Aiden showed up. Although, he started fighting with Claire so we had to split them up. But other than that, things went smoothly and Cruise said those words I always wait to hear every birthday: "That was the best birthday ever!" Success!

Oh, and Aiden got him Moon Shoes