RUS's Botday Party

 The set up! We ordered subs from an amazing local sub place, baked cake, and had pretzels, candy corn, and (later) sliced apples. Apple cider to drink.

 Close up of the cake.

(in case you're wondering, "10" is 2 in binary. Thank J for that one.

We had some crafts for the kids. Here, we wrapped up various boxes and containers and attached velcro so kids could make their own robots . . . 

and then decorate them!

 We also cut arm holes in paper bags and let the kids color and stamp on them so they could dress up like robots.

 Here's the gang decorating. This was the activity R was most excited about!

 RUS went to town with the pretzels. He refused to take this one out of his mouth, so I have about 10 pictures of him with a pretzel sticking out just like that.

 Always important to get some book-reading done during parties.

 Now, it's time for CAKE!

And here's my birthday boy!! He LOVED his cake! R had to help me blow out the candles, though, since RUS really only wants to blow through his nose (this is how he cools down his oatmeal in the mornings, too) and it wasn't particularly effective at getting the candles blown out.