What?!! Beckham is 7!!

 Beckham is 7!!!  This means next year he will be turning 8 and getting baptized!  I just cannot believe how fast these kiddos are growing up! Beckham is such a sweet and loving kid. He is a great big brother to Elsie and loves to help out is mom and dad!  He is smart and loves science! He is so fascinated with how things work and with how things are put together.  I tell him he is going to be a mechanical engineer one day :)

Beckham has just started to get into Pokemon since all his little buddies are into it! So naturally he wanted to invite his three best friends and have a Pokemon party! I know very little about Pokemon so I tried my best...but I think the kids loved it so thats all that matters :)

Here's the table!  Pikachu made an appearance a lot at Beckham's party since he is now my favorite Pokemon...he's so cute!! :)

I made Pikachu balloons, plates and twinkies for the occasion!

 As the boys arrived they each got to decorate their goody bags with Pokemon stickers!

 Then it was onto the Pokemon training camp...

 There were four different challenges that the boys had to pass in order to get their official Pokemon Trainer certificate at the end! There was "Pin the Tail on Pikachu" (there is a picture of that later on) to master precision!

This game below was to help the boys master their Pokeball throwing skills! Each Pokemon on the poster was worth a certain number of points and they each took turns throwing a sticky ball of their choice at the poster.  Their goal was to get 50 points together! They loved it!

 Next was a Pokemon finding challenge, to master their searching and finding skills! Those Pokemon can be very sneaky! The boys each had a card with 12 missing Pokemon on it that they had to hunt down and throw Pokeballs at! This may have been the favorite activity of the day!!

 Here's my pin the tail on Pikachu game in the background :) I drew him myself!!

 After completing each challenge the boy got to pick out a Pokemon badge!

The very last challenge was to practice searching and catching all at once!! The boys had to find all the balls and/or balloons that had a tiny Pokemon on them while jumping!!  The boys were all amazing at this very difficult challenge:)

 After picking out their last badge, it was time to go inside for some lunch after all that hard work!!  All Pokemon inspired, of course!

 Next...the awards ceremony where each boy got their official Pokemon Trainer certificate! Haha this was great, the boys took it very seriously!  They got a Pokemon bracelet as well

 By this time, all the boys were aching to see Beckham open his presents!!

 Here's the cute little party group:)

 Beckham was also so happy to receive a CD player from Gma and Gpa Dick!! He was absolutely thrilled and has been listening and dancing to it non stopped :)

And of course, we had a delicious ice cream cake in Beckham's honor!!

 We just love this awesome little guy!! Our family just wouldn't be the same without him!!