I can't believe we have planned ten different birthday parties for Kenny as of this year. I always said I'd make them alternate years or something, but then I realized planning parties is one of my favorite hobbies so the madness continues year after year. One of the other main reasons we continue the parties is that it really seems to help Kenny with friends. It's difficult to maintain close friends in miami with everyone living so far apart and the craziness of everyone's schedules. Having his birthday parties seems to give Kenny extra confidence in the friend department. This year Kenny's latest obsession is obviously Pokémon. With the release of the new Pokémon go app its become a pretty widespread obsession among kids.
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| Kenny ready for a fun night dressed as Ash (a Pokémon trainer) with his pikachu phone in hand. |
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| I call it the Pokémon explosion cake. It was really fun to assemble and quite different from cakes I'd done in the past. |
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| Our little pokecrew minus the sleeping bulbasaur. |
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| I turned Kenny's favorite treat from chocolate fashion into poke balls |
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| Pokeball cake pops |
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| Gotta catch em all |
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| The primary president, sister Belnap, crocheted this amazing ball for Kenny. |
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| My favorite party elements are always what the kids help with. Kenny had been working on his Pokémon drawings for the weeks leading up to his party and the made a fabulous backdrop |
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| Ash and charizard // playing Pokémon go with one of his berliners |
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| Cake details are always my favorite |
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| Grandma Patty has managed to be here for all of Kenny's birthdays. I'm not sure how that tradition will keep going with so many more grandchildren! |
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| The cake was real pretty inside with red velvet, chocolate and vanilla layers, but I never got a great picture of it. |
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| The cups up front are banana pudding cups Kenny asked for from the magnolia bakery bake book. |
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| Party on! |
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| Kenny loves a captive audience, and Lucia was just eating it up. |
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| Playing Pokémon games |
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| The night ended in a backyard movie per Kenny's request. They watched ghostbusters, which all the other parents were surprisingly ok with. As we watched it we realized it may not have been the best choice for kids... |
