MAY 26, 2018

The boys turn 9!

It's a Harry Potter party this year!

Welcome to 4 Privet Drive

The Great Hall is ready for this year's guests

The family is decked out in Potter gear

Diagon Alley ... and flying car on the roof

Representing the Hogwarts houses

Grandma and Grandpa worked the Butterbeer station

A Dementor lurks in the trees

Hagrid's Hut

Letters from Hogwarts pour in through the fireplace

Hippogriff racing station

Chandler tests out the bean bag quidditch game

The entrance to the Chamber of Secrets under the sink

Granny and Aunt Carol pause for a picture

Wizard Chess and Knight Bus

Hedwig the Snowy Owl takes his place in the Great Hall

Let the owl demonstration begin!

This Eagle Owl was most impressive

Mikey and Chan check out the Screech Owls close-up

The Eagle Owl takes off!

Hedwig demonstrates his wingspan too

Cousin BB takes it all in

Paint your own owl station

Make your own magic wand station

The wands were very colorful!

Chan and Buckbeak

Wizard Chess station

The Knight Bus for Wizards in need of assistance

Everyone at their house tables

Prisoner of Azkaban Cake

The birthday boys

MAY 27, 2017

The Twins turn 8!

It's time to go around the world with Mikey and Chandler

When traveling around the world, you need your passports!

The house was lined with flags from around the world

Giant Mikey and Chandler heads welcomed the guests to the party

Each section of the yard became a station for activities from a different country

Mom and Dad represented Germany

The boys tested the Italy station first

Bocce court

The view from the back of the house

Chandler and Fiona represented the UK

Great Britain station where kids could make their own crowns

Even the queen made an appearance!

Japan was a favorite for both boys

Sumo twins!

Once they were down, they couldn't get up

Fiona was the fiercest sumo wrestler

La Tour Eiffel

Under the Eiffel Tower was the entrance to Paris ... and the bathroom

In Egypt, guests had to dig for mummy boxes filled with colored pencils ...

... then they could color their own Egyptian collar

Brazil's Christ the Redeemer statue looked over the party

Kangaroo sack races in Australia

Another view of China

Grandma and Grandpa helped kids make Chinese drums

Twin lions visited for entertainment

Mikey and Chandler got prime seating

Kids used their drums to help the lions

The Licata Family

The twins even got to operate the lions!

Back to the activities

Fiona running like clock work

Uncle Bevon and Cousin BB represented Jamaica well

Aunt Julie gets photo bombed by Fiona

Granny and Grandad represented Egypt and China

Time for cake!

Chandler makes his wish

This pagoda might be too small for a sumo wrestler

BB was all smiles

A special bagpiper plays "Happy Birthday"

The boys with the Tower

The whole family!