Lots of exciting things happen when you turn five at the Tonelli home - you get to see Star Wars for the first time, chew gum, and have your first birthday party with your friends. (Can you find Luciano in the invitation picture?)
WOW - what a ride! I must say that throwing a star wars birthday party for 16 boys around the age of five was extremely exciting! (I think they all had fun, too.) We started low speed wi
th a pin the blast sticker on the death star game. After that, we "cleared the meteor field," which was our solution to a pinata gone south when Luciano discovered the actual pinata we were making the tuesday before and cracked it into a million pieces. So, we took all the stuff that went into the pinata and stuffed it all into foil meteor balls hidden around the room. After clearing the meteors, we hunted for the goody bag with our names o
n them. We took a quick sugar break and then sang happy birthday and Luciano made a wish and blew out the candles. I thought they would all eat cake while Luciano openned presents, but he invited them all to 'help'. And they did! After the presents, serious Jedi training commenced everyone received their light saber and we practiced using the force to find our balloon targets and then spent some time sparring.
All the action came to a pause as the 16 Jedis in training went to the station window to watch the train go by... Then... nothing makes us faster than a game of musical chair
s - which we played in the musical sardines fashion. Chairs go away, but the players stay. It was fun!
th a pin the blast sticker on the death star game. After that, we "cleared the meteor field," which was our solution to a pinata gone south when Luciano discovered the actual pinata we were making the tuesday before and cracked it into a million pieces. So, we took all the stuff that went into the pinata and stuffed it all into foil meteor balls hidden around the room. After clearing the meteors, we hunted for the goody bag with our names o
n them. We took a quick sugar break and then sang happy birthday and Luciano made a wish and blew out the candles. I thought they would all eat cake while Luciano openned presents, but he invited them all to 'help'. And they did! After the presents, serious Jedi training commenced everyone received their light saber and we practiced using the force to find our balloon targets and then spent some time sparring.
All the action came to a pause as the 16 Jedis in training went to the station window to watch the train go by... Then... nothing makes us faster than a game of musical chair
s - which we played in the musical sardines fashion. Chairs go away, but the players stay. It was fun! 
