Bennett picked four friends to invite and they were all able to come! I wish I'd had a chance to take a photo of the five of them together, but honestly, they just didn't stand still long enough. Other than when they were all eating cake.
So, to start with: food. We had the party from 11 - 1, so served lite snacks as the kids arrived, and then a small lunch before cake and ice cream. I had seen these comic book page cones on Pinterest but decided that the ones they had used were a little mature. We have so many extra comic books around here from Free Comic Book days that I figured we could sacrifice one to make these. Aren't they so cute! Both kids and parents used them. I will most certainly use this idea again!
Another super cute Pinterest idea were these individual servings of carrots and celery in tiny cups with ranch dressing in the bottom of each cup. Because Bennett's favorite color is red, you can imagine how thrilled I was to find itty bitty Solo-style cups at our grocery store! Technically, they're shot glasses, but they served our needs perfectly.
Most importantly - the cake! Again, thanks to Pinterest, I found this super-cool tri-colored cake that gave a subtle homage to the super hero theme without the fondant characters on the top that I would have NO hope of creating. My version didn't turn out quite so vibrantly, but the cake itself was delicious! I used a recipe that called for buttermilk. Although I was a little worried about how that would taste, it was so wonderful. Everyone commented on how moist it was. I chose a simple frosting with primary colored sprinkles on top.
I had some grand plans for games and activities, but really, these boys just wanted to play and enjoy the absolutely fantastic weather. 
These villain balloons were supposed to be "gotten" by the good guy superheroes with their silly string as the last stage of their training. However, these guys had other ideas! Light sabres and pool noodles did the job just fine, thankyouverymuch!
Obstacle course training had several stations: ladder walking, tunnel crawling, climber navigation, balance beam walking, tall building leaping and using freezing breath to knock over towers. They just wanted to re-navigate the obstacle course over and over. What fun!
Our party favors were a Certificate of Completion and a Super Hero cape. 
As a side bar, I'm not a huge fan of the goodie bags because they're often just filled with trinkets that Bennett loses or tosses by the way side shortly after the event. Saturday afternoon, Bennett attended a birthday party for a girl in his class at school. Their favor? A small box of Smarties with this note attached, "In lieu of goody bags, a donation is being made to Children's Hospital Foundation." How awesome is that? Certainly a trend that I hope catches on.
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