Phew..party week over!

It's great to be 8 and "Mad".

At least that is how Creed feels about it. 

To totally fit his personality he chose a Mad Scientist theme 

for his party and I have to tell you, it was 

a lot of fun to plan.

The execution of the whole event was a 

little harder, but hopefully everyone liked it.

He greeted his guests all decked out and ready to get his science on.

Mack was in charge of checking in all the soon to be PHD's.
 I had found a funny app that allowed the names of each guest to be pre-recorded with a distorted alien sounding voice.
So after they scanned their hand, Mack would tap on their name and their name would be heard in that voice.
The kids got a big kick out of it. 

Then they were handed their badges, safety goggles and lab coats.
The essentials for any good scientist.

First order of business was to build molecules while they waited for their fellow scientists to arrive.
I think more eating happened than building. :)

This is when Cam really shined.
He plays the part of crazy mad man quite well, and he started them off on their experiments.

We made two different kinds of snow. One with Ivory soap and the other with snow powder.

Our yard by the end looked like a winter wonderland.

The trusty tornado maker with two bottles experiment.
Easy and fun for the kids to try.

This experiment wowed the kids when their  balloons filled up by themselves when they tipped them over into their bottles of liquid.  Which was bottles with vinegar and pre-filled baking soda balloons.

This last experiment brought the kids to their knees, literally.
They were trying to catch (or for some lick off the driveway) the coca cola in their mouths
after we dropped peppermint mentos into the cola bottles and that makes them spray out like a geyser.

After I sent out the invitations, I found out that one of Creed's guests had an "in" at a local science lab type place
and his mother asked if she could send over one of her demo guys to
put on a little show for the kids.
UMM... let me think about that.
-No brainer-
somebody else to entertain the 14 kids for 45 minutes. = Best present ever!
The really unfortunate thing about the whole experience is that
the boy got sick and couldn't even attend.
I felt really bad about that.

Trust me, the kids were famished after using all those brain cells.
So we ate some food and did cake
then called it a day.

This cake was a lot of fun to do, and REALLY, REALLY easy.
The best part were the kids reactions, especially the boys,
they thought it was the coolest.

Happy 8th to our pretty great Creed!