Charlie's 5! Ninja Turtle Birthday Party!

We have Charlie's new gang over to help us celebrate his 5 year old birthday.  Charlie has made out the best in the move, there are a ton of families with kids his age...

Luckily the girls were on vacation so we spent the entire week making cool props for the party.  We had homemade ninja masks, nun-chucks out of foam, newspaper swords covered in tin foil, Katie dressed as splinter, the Ninja Turtles master and gave the kids lessons.

Kelly dressed as Shredder, the evil guy you can see her on the trampoline in her purple outfit.

The trampoline is our new addition and it is very popular with all the kids in the compound!

The girls made Charlie's cake and cupcakes...

The funny part was one little brother beat him to blowing out the candles so I had to relight them all for Charlie!  I guess he'll make his wish faster next year!

Here is the best part, all the kids were playing in the compound street, they had forts set up with weapons, tons of bikes out, all the boring grownups were hanging out in a quiet house!

Charlie was thrilled with his party and all his new Ninja turtle loot, he kept saying it was the best party ever!

The next morning, Labor Day Monday, we flew to Cape Town, Greg had to go for work and we tagged along...full report to follow!