Here are a couple pictures from earlier in the day on his birthday....
And, now for the friend party. Mario LOVES Captain America and requested that theme. So, for goodie bags, we filled it with Captain America and army-related trinkets (pencils, tatoo's, candy, etc...).
A game of air hockey as the boys were all arriving....
A perfect dinner for a bunch of boys: cheese pizza, sausage pizza, dilly beans (as per Mario's request), cheese puffs, pirate's booty, jello jigglers, and root beer...
Red, White, and Blue/Captain America cake (thanks to Hy Vee)
It's always hard to have a pinata for those winter birthdays. Neil did a fabulous job figuring out how to hang it up in the garage, but the kids and I loaded it up with too much candy - doh! After a couple swings, it fell down without completely breaking open, so Neil had to sprinkle the kids with candy!
Cake time!!!!
Sit-up contest (Neil timed the kids to see who could do the most sit-ups in 1 minute). I think the winner did 65!!
And, they closed the party with Disney Apple to Apples....
Since Max and Mario's birthdays are only 13 days apart, we had a combination family birthday party. There are a couple pictures of the two of them at the bottom of this post. My sweet little M&M's!