Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Henry's Nintendo Land Birthday Party!

Last Christmas Nick got a new Wii U, and with that Wii U came the game Nintendo Land. NintendoLand offers several mini games based on old Nintendo classics. Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Super Metroid, Balloon Trip... things that people who love Nintendo know and love. They are pretty simple, and they are extremely fun. From the moment Henry saw this game, a new little die hard Nintendo fan was born. He LOVES it. So when we started throwing out birthday party ideas to him, he jumped on the Nintendo Land party idea and held on tight.  I was worried about how it would come together... mainly because there were no Nintendo Land parties on Pinterest and... well... THERE ARE NO NINTENDO LAND PARTIES ON PINTEREST. Where will my IDEAS be 'borrowed' from??  Plus I wondered if people would get it, since not everyone has a Wii U, and most people have never heard of Nintendo Land.  So I fretted and repeatedly talked about how cool an Outer Space party might be.  No dice.  It was Nintendo Land or Bust.

 Nintendo Land Party
Hats made by my mom, who is AMAZING! She got the pattern here.

Turns out I didn't need to worry about Pinterest, not when I have Nick.  The man knows how to come up with Nintendo themed party ideas.

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Mario post it wall: by Nick
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 cupcakes with the Nintendo Land game symbols, chocolate sucker mustaches. Ellie begging for food in the background. Good dog.
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
The hats went along with the kids playing Mario Chase in the yard... which pretty much just meant I told them to run and play.
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Turns out, that is a pretty popular game. We could have just left it at that.
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
But we made a few more; like Yoshi's Fruit Cart. This entire idea was mine... I was pretty proud of it.
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
They were timed and had to collect fruit on the patio. IF they did it in under 30 seconds they got a gold coin
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Now we get to the games Nick built... they were... a little more impressive than my Yoshi's Fruit Cart...
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I can't imagine why the kids list this as their favorite game of the party... (using a Nerf gun, the targets fall if you hit the bulls-eye)
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
The little kids got some help sighting up the targets. I am surprisingly good at this game, but it hung out in my living room for a few days pre-party, so I got a lot of practice.
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And then Nick built this one... which... okay, this thing was just awesome.
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
You put a balloon on a track and have to navigate through a spiky maze... with a fan blowing. If you get to the end without your balloon popping, you get a coin!

 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
With a little extra help for the little ones
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The gold coins the kids collected when they played each game were then used to play plunko for prizes
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Also a hit with the kids. Who doesn't want to play plunko??
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
After the games singing was done, candles were blown out
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Presents were opened
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
An excellent time was had by all.

 And now for lots of pictures of friends and family!
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Henry and Hudson. These two are become the best of friends. It's adorable!
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Here is our sweet boy with his Nanny

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And of course one with his Papaw
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Nana and her boys
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
 Grandaddy and Grandma Val
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
The Bio Girl Family
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
 Boo and Cici
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Grandaddy, Grandma Val and Great-Grandma from Alabama!

 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Liz and Wesley
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Aunt Candice and Uncle Chris....it was maybe a LITTLE cold outside, but as you can see this party REQUIRED use of the back yard.
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The kids table
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Ethan enjoying his Nintendo Land cupcake
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girls
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
 guys
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 playing
 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Morgan and Carter
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More playing
Henry's Nintendo Land Birthday
Hanging out with Andy
Henry's Nintendo Land Birthday
Aunt Boo and Uncle Chris with the birthday boy

Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Ryan and Arielle, giver of the AWESOME Wreck it Ralph Hands.

 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Seriously, he never wants to take them off

 Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
 But he will share with his Papa
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Aunt Candice taking an inside break with Cici
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party
Chris, Nicole and Nieem
Henry's Nintendo Land 4th Birthday Party

It was an amazing party. We all loved it, especially our sweet birthday boy!

There are lots more pictures. LOTS MORE. If you want to see the 100 I loaded to flicker, click on any picture and it will take you to my page. If you were at the party and want to have access to order any of the 400 pictures in the snapfish album, let me know and I will send you an invite!

THANKS SO MUCH to Aunt Nicole for being our photographer and capturing so many great moments from the party!!
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2 comments:

  1. Awesome! I love the creativity that went into this party--see, video games can be inspirational! :-)

    Happy Fourth B-Day, Henry!

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  2. I showed this post to Tim on my phone (thankfully through Google Reader as I can't seem to access your blog properly direct on my phone... what am I going to do when Reader disappears?!)

    Anyway, I showed this to Tim and said that we HAVE to hold awesome parties for Oscar! You have set the standard for all awesome parties and we have to follow :)

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