Spy Training Camp

Maybe you remember the 5th birthday extravaganza? Well, for McKenna's 6th birthday she wanted to celebrate Spy style. So, after chatting with a few other moms and conducting extensive google searches, we were able to pull it off. Here's Agent McKenna (still in her pj's).

Honestly, Arthur and I aren't completely sure where she came up with this idea. Possibly from her friend Gabe.

The party was set up like a training camp. The invitations were sent to the agents and asked them to accept or deny their given mission (a.k.a. RSVP). Each of the games was titled Operation: XYZ. The directions and games were written in a classified folder!

Operation: Decoding

I wrote an alphabet code and a coded message that the agents in training had to decode in the form of a race.

Operation: Bomb Detonation

Arthur and I filled black balloons with confetti and stolen gems. The agents in training had to detonate, or pop, the balloons and collect the gems.

Operation: Investigation

There was a top secret, classified box on display. The agents in training had to handle the box without unwrapping it, and guess what was inside. I believe that Lily guessed first. It was a toy car that rolled around. Most of the kids did not move the box slow enough to hear the rolling inside.

Operation: Speed Challenge

This was a game of musical chairs. We downloaded some spy music off of Itunes.

Operation: Unwrap

Obviously, this was present time!

Operation: Eat The Magnifying Glass

The birthday cake (and cupcakes) were decorated to look like a magnifying glass with an eye in the middle.

Operation: Double Agent (Or Find the Enemy)

This game was a somewhat impromptu because of some extra time. Arthur, otherwise known as the double agent, stole one of the birthday gifts and left a ransom note. The agents had to find him. He hid under McKenna's bed!

Bomb Detonation


Decoding

The cake

Gift unwrapping. What creative wrapping paper!

The friends who came

Seriously, doesn't this look like it could be me and Lisa M.? Seriously! Click here and scroll way down to see a picture of me and Lisa-scroll way down! Really, our girls look too much like us! It's crazy.

A few agents made up their own disguises

The goodie bag

The Agents

I tried to tell all of the agents to say something specific to their parents:

Parent: How was the party? What did you do? Was it fun?

Agent: Sorry, Mom. That's classified information.