Happy Birthday Taylor!

I can't believe Taylor turned 8 this year. It seems as though I just had him. :)

Per tradition, we let him have a friend party and his baptism party. Of course, a Star Wars party was the request for his friends, so we googled to our heart's content and came up with a cake idea, a pinata idea, and some fun jedi games.

Here is Taylor with his R2-D2 cake. It wasn't as hard as it looks to make...just took some time and a lot of frosting. Since we were hosting 2 parties, I made one body and 2 identical heads. The friends ate one head, then R2 went into the freezer to wait for the next party. I must say, it's one of the best ideas I've ever had. :)
R2 in all of his glory:

We made Death Star pinatas (one for each party) and boy were they heavy. Thank goodness for day after halloween candy sales. :)

Captain Rex (J.T.), Darth Maul (Taylor), and Darth Vader (Annie), all dressed up and ready for the party.

Blowing out the candles on the cake. These kids had a lot of fun (and boy can they eat a lot of pizza!)

Happy Birthday Taylor...you are a very special boy and we love you!