Braden Turns 7!

For Braden's 7th birthday he wanted a Space Party. I love planning parties, so we had a lot of fun with this theme. We held it at the New Mexico Museum of Space History here in Alamogordo. I reserved the covered picnic area for the party, and Morgan and a friend of ours took the "little astronauts" on a tour of the museum.

When the guests arrived, they each got a NASA hat (Morgan stitched patches we found at the museum gift shop onto baseball caps from Wal-Mart). We started with a lunch of Saturn's Rings Pizzas which we washed down with Tang. Then the kids toured the museum. After their tour, they came back outside to the party area, and they each had their own moon crater cake (complete with American flags and astronauts sticking out of them), and some freeze dried astronaut ice cream. After Braden opened his presents we gave each guest a rocket launcher toy and a bag of goodies. The boys had a blast launching their styrofoam rockets. Braden had a great time with his friends.

I can hardly believe he is already 7! It seems like just yesterday that he was born. On Friday (his actual birthday), we gave him lots of hugs and kisses at exactly 8:31 (his birth minute), and then watched some videos of the day he was born, and looked through his baby book. He is such a blessing in our family, and I am so grateful that I am his mom.