A Suprise Tennis Party!

Brady turned 10 on Tuesday....I still can't believe it!
(Thankfully it's been a crazy busy week...and so I haven't had time to be depressed about this little fact.)
 

We gave Brady a few suggestions for his birthday this year since it's a big one.

A friend party?  Laser tag?  Overnight at the indoor water park?  Pizza and a movie with a couple of friends? 
Brady wasn't really interested.  He said he didn't want a party.  He said he would really like to play tennis on his birthday.  (You know, since he never gets to!)  Eric's team had a match after school on Tuesday...so we knew Brady wasn't going to get to play on his birthday.  He was okay with that...he was excited to watch the team's first match of the season.  Plus, he has his manager duties and all. ;)

 

 So.... Eric and I decided we would suprise  Brady with a tennis party.
 

Brady has a weekly tennis lesson on Sunday and so we set the party up for after his lesson.
 

 

 

We rented a couple of courts at the tennis club for Brady and five of his tennis friends for a couple of hours. 

Brady's friend J.T. arrived first just as Brady was finishing up his lesson.

J.T. lives and trains in Hershey.  Brady was suprised to see him and said, "Hey J.T!  Are you taking lessons here now?"   J.T. said, "no, I came to play tennis with a friend."  So cute.

 

 

 

Once all the boys arrived and Brady realized what was going on...he immediately came over and gave Eric and I a hug and thanked us.  It was so genuine and just melted my heart.  Just as we had hoped...he couldn't have been any happier.
 

Excuse the bad pictures...I'm not sure I'll ever get the tennis lighting figured out.

 

 

 

 

 

The boys only stopped playing for a bit to get some pizza.

Who do you think was the first one back out on the court?!

 

 

We kept it simple.  Although my husband would probably say otherwise. :)

 

We had pizza, chips, cupcakes, gatorade and water.

 

The yellow tubs are from the Dollar Tree.

I ordered the grass tablecloth from Women's Tennis World.

A lady I work with made Brady the napkin holder.

Each boy took home a can of tennis balls and a bag of tennis ball gum.
I ordered the gum from Maria Sharapova's new candy line.

The cupcakes were simple.  I used a chocolate mold for the tennis racquets and added a gumball.

The boys had a blast.

There was lots of laughing, competition and FUN.

Brady said on the way home from his party that he is the luckiest boy ever.

Mission accomplished. :)

~Kerri~