A Super Hero Batcave Party

As all little boys will eventually do, my sons recently became obsessed with Batman and Spider Man. As a long time purchaser of dress up clothes for my nieces, I new this would be a piece of cake. BIFF! BAM! BAP! We found costumes!

From my own personal experience I know that little girls will play "dress up" and use their imaginations to bring castles and magical lands to life but I soon realized that "boys" need something more tangible and visual to help them out. Why this surprised me I have no idea...

So began the construction of the "Batcave". A plethora of ideas and commands from two powerful Super Heros that needed a central command center. A black plastic sheeting and black light wonderland. It was full of bats, stalactites and stalagmites and spider webs. Sophisticated computer control panels also emerged. It took two days and my hands had blisters from using the sissors to cut out over a hundred bats but "Holy Smokes Batman" it was done!!!

We had a Two Face tracker, Poison Ivy alarm and a host of other "necessary" components. (for anyone that might want to try this, plain old computer paper "glows" really well under black light when used with some neon highlighters) We played non stop in this room for a week.

Riddle me this Batman.... A cool room, great costumes and a "Super Mom" that knows how to make cake.. What comes next? A Super Hero costume party with all of our Super Friends!!!

Super Mom made a batcave cake that smoked (a little dry ice helped) and plates of purple bat cookies and a smoking boiling punch bowl of super hero juice. (Kids think dry ice is sooo cool) What could be better than a house full of screaming children dressed up and ready to fight villains completely high on sugar. By the way, silly string makes a great weapon to shoot the "Daddy villains".

Yes, I am tired. Yes, I went a little over the top. No, I don't want to do this again anytime soon BUT... My sons think that I am the coolest "Super Mom" in the galaxy so jeewillikers Batman, I think it was worth it in the end.

Tristian as Batman

Brody as Spidy

The Super Friends

The Smoking Batcave Cake

Black light BatCave
(wow these really do not do it justice
but you can get the gerneral idea)