WipeOut Party

We had Conner's much anticipated Wipeout Party on Saturday. He had 3 cousins and 4 friends come. He was so excited when the first guest arrived Jesse and showed him all the obstacles but as more and more kids showed up he kind of clammed up. We totally rearranged our house for the party and had to bring lots of mattresses and pillows out for cushion when the kids fell. I was just praying no one would get hurt. We had 3 sets of obstacles the first was the qualifier and the kids went through it one at a time and were timed. They first had to climb up the basement slide, walk through the sucker punch, jump across the topple towers, get across the big balls and slide down the slide. Next we went outside and did the sweeper. All the kids stood in a circle and Neil and I ran a jump rope and when it got to them they had to jump over it and if they tripped or fell they were out. Last was the Wipeout Zone. They first had to go down a slide, walk across 2 2X4's on tires, go through a tunnel, climb through little tikes playground, go through another tunnel and down another slide, run through a rope maze, go through yet another tunnel, push a swing and weave in and out of 5 trees. The kids were definitely tired after that one. Then everyone came inside for pizza, cake and ice cream. It was a lot of fun. I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked because everything took a lot of adult supervision.
His Wipeout/Big Balls Cake

Everyone Chowing Down

Wipeout Zone

Jesse from Conner's preschool class last year. He is way into Wipeout too and was so into it.

Sucker Punch, had to walk by while Neil tried to push (lightly) them off.

Big Balls--lots of pillows and mattresses to break their fall

Topple towers--it's really wobbly. My boys do this all the time and I now just let them. I'll be lucky if these couches last me another year with all the wear and tear they get.

It was a long but fun weekend. We helped Allison pack up and move Thursday and Friday, then the party on Saturday and today packing up for our trip to GA. We have to leave the house by 5:30 am and I am just about packed so I'm going to hit the sack. I am so ready for some rest and relaxation if that is possible.