Party in the Stars

Goodbye 5, hello 6! It's Little Calvin's birthday weekend and he's celebrating in style! Ok, his birthday isn't "officially" until Tuesday, but since Saturday was his big party with all of his friends, he is deeming himself 6. Close enough...

A few months back, we asked the little guy where he would like to have his birthday party this year. He knew pretty quickly where he wanted to go: the Science Factory, the local planetarium and science museum that sits right next to Autzen Stadium (Go Ducks!). It turns out that the planetarium has quite the setup for birthday parties... they provide a private back room for the activities, a schedule of events, access to all of the museums activities, and a planetarium show for all the kids and their parents and families. And so, the Science Factory it was!

Saturday was the big party day, Little Calvin waking up first thing in the morning with a huge smile on his face (As I was putting him to bed Friday night, he looked at me and said "I have been waiting for this day for soooooooo long!). We drove over to the planetarium mid-day... just in time for Pizza. That's when I discovered he definitely is not lacking in friends! When we combined his friends from school, his play friends, his siblings and his friends from church... there was quite the little crew of science explorers running amok in the museum!

But I think they all had a good time.. I know we did. We played, ate birthday pizza (yes, we put the candles in the pizza to avoid the mess of cake) and watched the stars in the planetarium. By the end of it all, we were tired and over stimulated. But it was a fun day that I think he will remember for quite some time!

If you'd like to take a quick look at the festivities, click here to watch our party highlights video. It is in Quicktime 7 format, so you'll need the plugin if you don't already have it.