Birthday. Happy Birthday. To Agent 006.

Thursday was Aiden's OFFICIAL birthday! My big boy is six. Gosh, I can't believe in two more years he'll be getting baptized! Anywho, we celebrated with a secret agent birthday party last night! The kids seemed to have a lot of fun. In fact, I know Shelby did! She said, "THIS IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER!" about twenty times. Don't make me blush, Shelby!

I started by creating official "Federal Birthday Bureau" badges for them to wear. They were finger printed, then they collected their Secret agent tools, a.k.a. a notebook and handcuffs.

We had a super secret meeting for the brain trust where the identities of the Birthday Bandits were revealed. I had taken pictures of my family who had agreed to help. We gave them bandit names and gave a clue as to where they would be hiding at Wal-mart. The kids took notes and decided where they thought they would be. Here they are mulling over the evidence:

Then we headed to Wal-mart to catch the gang.

The kids decided to break into two teams. The boys +Tyla, supervised by Bret and Neighbor Mike, searched for Stinky Sam (Todd), Klepto Clyde (John), And Granny Grafiti (Grandma Chloe). The girls, supervised by me and Grandma Yellow, searched for Counterfeit Christy, (Christina), Burglary Bonnie (Rose), and Kidnapping Kari (Kendra) with Chunky Charlie (baby Ev).

I was a little nervous about all this, but the kids were awesome at Wal-mart! They were quiet and didn't get out of hand!

After nabbing the perps, we headed back to our house for cake and ice cream.

But the now seasoned Agents had one more mission: Find the cupcakes in 5 minutes. Let's just say it was a piece of cake for the old vets!

Aiden opened his gifts and received everything his little heart desired!

A BIG thank you to Grandma Yellow for making the cake and cupcakes while I was otherwise occupied! That was a huge burden off of me. And thank you for making them so stinkin' cute! My idea was going to be kind of lame and I kept drawing a blank on what to do! Aiden's head is kinda in the way, but it says "Happy 6th Birthday Special Agent Aiden 006" written backwards! Too cute!

Also, another BIG thank you to all of the bandits! I appreciate you taking time out of your Friday night to make your nephew's/grandson's birthday special! We obviously couldn't have done it without you!

The world can rest easy now that the birthday bandits are off the streets!