Seth & Juli + Rocco and Zeegan: Rocco's 5--- Batman Party!

I'm so behind on blogging. A couple weeks ago:

My Baby boy turned 5! Man I love this kid! He has been such a blessing in my life since the day he was born. I'm so grateful to have him!!! I love you Rocco Buddy!

Rocco got spoiled for this Birthday; Grammy Purcell came to visit! Rocco sure loves his Grammy! He insisted on sleeping in the loft with her every night. So on the morning of his birthday I snuck up there too and put balloons everywhere to surprise him. I also put out some presents that Grammy had brought with her for him. He was SOOO excited when he woke up!

(Gramma Petersen sent Rocco a bunch of ones! he thought he was rich! lol. well, actually he was...)

(Uncle Jesse sent Rocco a Marshmallow gun that scares the Heebee-Jeebies out of me everytime he shoots it cuz it makes such a loud noise... Rocco loves it!)

Grammy also got the kids a real fun kiddie pool while she was here that they LOVE! and spent quite awhile playing in on his birthday and also at his birthday party the next day... That one was a big hit!

Rocco got some gifts int he mail as well. From his Aunties! Mail is so fun to get! Even to a 5 year old! Thanks Jadie, Geneil and Annette!!!

Rocco is obsessed with Batman. Ever since he showed up on Rocco's birthday last year (http://sethandjuli.blogspot.com/2011/08/roccos-coolest-superhero-birthday-party.html), Batman has been Rocco's hero! So we of course had a Batman party...

I put together this quick little invite and he LOVED it so we sent it out. Rocco has since made quite a few little guy friends!, but at the time of his party we had met mostly little girls ZZ's age. I didn't want to disappoint him and not do the batman party he's been talking about for an entire year, so I decided to invite the little girls! Rocco didn't have a problem with that at all! As long as they'll play, he doesn't care the age or gender!

(Kylene and all her awesome skills made this way cool banner and superhero capes for all the kids! I helped, but she did most the work...)

(even the babies got little capes!)

We served all of Rocco's favorite foods: Mini Slider Burgers, Chips, Watermelon, (a couple salads that aren't his favorites, but were needed- Green Salad, Mac Salad, Cole-Slaw, and Jello Salad), cupcakes, donuts and capri-suns! The Donuts were a HUGE hit with all the kids! lol. I think we'll do that at every party from here on out!

Originally I was gonna set up a Batman obstacle course, but then I realized most the kids were age 2-3 and wouldn't be able to really do an obstacle course. So we put out the kiddie pool and the slip'n'slide and just let them free-play :)

Rocco loved having all his new friends there, but he was especially excited to have little Ms Daphne there! Daphne is one of Rocco's very favorite people in the whole wide world! And she was so AWESOME to come all the way out to celebrate with us!

Another surprise-ish visitor to come that made Rocco super excited was Uncle Sammy and his friend Alyssa! They came out from Dallas for the party!

Thanks for helping Rocco feel so important Grammy, Daphne, Sammy, and Alyssa! As well as all our other friends who chose to spend their Saturday night with us! We loved having y'all at Rocco's party! We're so grateful for the many great friends we have made so far!!!

The day after Rocco's party; Grammy had to return to California. Rocco and Zeegan were so sad! ZeeZee cried all day long about it. We love Texas!, but not having Grammy and Grampa nearby has been really hard and made our kids shed more than a few tears...