Tyler's Birthday Party

It was a day of celebrating our son's 5th birthday. The party took place at a farm where we had a total blast with Tyler's friends. Pony rides was the first thing on the agenda. The kids loved the pony and they had so much fun going for a ride on Sugar. This was Tyler's second time riding a pony. He was smiled the whole time. And because Tyler was the birthday boy he got a special gift from the farm, a cowboy hat and shirt. I didn't think he would keep the hat on, but he loved wearing it.       

Tyler got to be the first on the pony, so after he was finished he went over to the playground area of the farm where he joined some of his friends waiting for their turn. The farm had two pretty big jungle gyms to play on. I went over to check on Tyler and at the time they were pretending they were on a ship and Tyler said he was captain.

After the kids were finished with the pony and the play area, they checked out the chicken coop where they were encouraged to pet, chase, or even try and pick them up. This is what Tyler has been talking about ever since we picked the farm to have his party. He couldn't wait to try and pick up one of the chickens. LOL The kids spent a good amount of time in there before it was time to go on our next fun event at the party.



Then the kids enjoyed a bouncy good time in the inflatable moon walk. This was another fun thing that Tyler couldn't wait to do. He was telling the kids in his class that there was going to be one at his party. Once the kids were in bouncing around, it was not easy trying to get them out to go onto the next activity. LOL

While the kids were jumping up and down in the moon walk, we got a bucket of feed. It was time to go in and see the goats. This was Tyler's very favourite part of his party. It was sooo funny because I went in the goat pen with the big bucket of feed and as soon as I got in there, I got attacked by the biggest goat I've ever seen. He wanted that bucket of feed so badly. LOL It was soo funny, I nearly got knocked over before one of the parents rescued me. One of the other parents got it all on video. I'll probably be on a future episode of AFV. LOL There were several newborn goats that were super cute. I so wanted to take one of them home with us.


Soon it was time to say farewell to the goats. Everyone was starting to get hungry. We precooked 40 hot dogs for the party. The kids and some of the parents gobbled them down pretty fast.

And of course it wouldn't be a birthday party without the cake. Tyler asked me to make him a race car cake this year. We used one of the race cars that his Auntie Erika sent him for his birthday. It was perfect for it. The cake turned out super delish!!!

Once cake time was over, the kids had a blast in the barn. The farm attendants had set up several games for us to play including giant horseshoes using hula hoops, toss the bean bag, and tug of war. The kids played these games, but also enjoyed playing in all the hay. Then they found the wagon we used to bring in all our supplies and the rest was history. LOL They pushed and pulled each other around the barn with them all in it. It was sooo cute. It was so awesome seeing all the kids playing so good together. They really were a great bunch of kids. And we were so very thankful that they could all come out and celebrate Tyler's special day with us. The weather was really nice too. We were very blessed. However, with all things, everything must come to an end. We said goodbye to our friends, however when we were packing up we noticed there was some feed to for the goats, so we went back with Tyler's friends Casey and Rachael.


The party was a great hit. This was the first time we had such a large party for Tyler and everyone said they had a fantastic time. There were parents thanking us for wearing out their kids at the end. LOL When we got home, Tyler opened his presents. His friends gave him a lot of nice things. He will have a great time playing with all his new things. But you know what the best thing about his birthday party was? Having his dad there to share in the fun too. Because of deployments, Steve had to miss two birthdays in a row. Having him there today to watch our boy blow out his candles meant so much to us. We are so thankful for all the special times together.