Tanner & Liz's Party

Instead of the standard full on kid bash this year, we somehow managed to talk Tanner into having a joint party with Liz. That worked out well for us because I wasn't really comfortable with inviting a bunch of kids from his class before he had the opportunity to go to a few other parties. I just haven't figured out the local protocol for that stuff yet.

Anyway, we had Dave & Liz, as well as several of our new friends in attendance. The funniest event of the evening had to be the cake. Apparently, everyone forgot that the party was a DUAL birthday party and failed to read "Happy Birthday Tanner & Liz" on the cake because pretty much everyone, at individual times, asked me if I was aware Tanner was only five at the sight of 34 candles on the cake. Yes I know! 5 for Tanner, 28 for LIZ, and one for good luck. I did get a good laugh out of the confused concern for my sanity though :)

Once we got that all sorted out and the candles lit, the next concern was where's Tanner? Turns out he had snuck to his bedroom to put on his Jedi costume in honor of the Star Wars cake. Really funny. So we sang Happy birthday and blew out the cake (thank god, it was getting super hot and smoky).

As I ran to the kitchen to grab the plates and forks I hear everyone over by the cake start laughing slowly at first and then a bit harder. Soon I realize that Tanner had pulled the Darth Vader head off the cake, licked all the frosting, then put it back on the cake, repeat. We're not just talking double dip but more like triple or quadruple. Luckily, the area was contained and our guest were much more amused than offended. Yuk.