The Roonie & The Lines: Luke turns 3 with a Robot INVASION!

This post is belated but so exciting for me to post... my precious Roons turned 3 on October 7th, and we celebrated in BIG ROBOT fashion! (Thanks Cousin Elizabeth for taking great pics.)

Roonie -

Your Dad and I spent days creating, gluing, painting and accessorizing robots. I saved boxes, toilet paper rolls, metal cans and collected goods from Goodwill for a couple of months in anticipation for this party.

As the nights got later (and the paint fumes got thicker), we enjoyed naming our robots. The three above in the pic on the right: Stanley, Doyle and Patrick.

The party was on a Sunday afternoon at 3pm - and it rained all weekend. At 1pm, we decided we better prepare for a party mainly indoors so Ben scurried to clean up the garage and the rest of us situated the house for 50-60 people indoors (20 of those little people under the age of 3)! Thankfully it turned out fabulous!

The food table complete with megabytes (Cheetos balls), nuts and bolts (pretzels, cheerios and m&ms), motherboards (watermelons slices) and sensors (yogurt raisins). We also had pizza but that came later.

Slim Jim (8 foot tall and Dad's favorite creation) greeted people at the door.

Cora (short for Corazon) helped bring loving vibes to the room!

Penelope - a bit grumpy but well-meaning.

Doyle

Patrick and Rosa

I forgot his name...

This was our main robot crew! We had lots of activities for the kids. First we had tables of crafting décor including pipe cleaners, eyes, puff balls, sticker shapes, etc... for decorating paper bags cut out for DIY robot costumes.

Luke and Mei making their robots.

Caroline checking out the scene in her robot skirt.

Busy on his task...

DAHT lending a helping hand.

Caroline designing her own robot too.

Rain, rain go away! But so happy our friends still made it!

Pops holding little Lena.

More robot costume designs.

Time for some playing in the rain (with kitty).

DAHT and Caroline enjoying the rain.

Meanwhile, Molly and her sister and busy making their robots!

Playing in the rain.

Time for some Robot Says.

Popsbot2000 (Pops) makes his debut for some Robot Says (Simon Says).

Our littlest friends were not sure what to think at first... Popsbot could be dangerous.

Soon - with some cool dance moves, high 5's and the birthday boy's approval, all was okay.

Sissy and DAHT checking out Popsbot.

High 5 Maya!

Ben and Josie - High 5!

Robot bean bag toss... Became more like a tunnel and hiding place.

Cecilia prefers coloring her robot mug.

Gigi and Luke coloring their robot mug.

Charlotte and Caroline making their robots.

PIZZA!

After all the roboting, everyone is famished!

Time for some more playing in the rain.

Our robot piñata is waiting in the garage...

But, first, the CAKE! (Mint chocolate chip ice cream and chocolate cake - Luke's favorite... and mommy's. :) When it comes to taste, Roonie and mommy have similar palates. (Our quick family pic! Notice the robots on everyone... Mommy even has a robot scarf and earrings.)