The Big Birthday Bash

Quite a day... Josh had a number of his friends over today to celebrate his 5th birthday. After surviving a 4 day deluge of rainfall, we all were truly blessed with an absolutely beautiful day for an outdoor birthday party. Having "graduated" from pre-school about 3 weeks ago, Josh really wanted to invite some of his old friends from the school- along with a number of the neighborhood friends. All in all, we had around 12 kids at the party- which was plenty!




I've got to give a shout out to my daughter, Marie, for orchestrating a number of awesome activities for the little ones- including a treasure hunt and pirate hat craft (Pirates was this year's theme). Marie has more than once told me that she would like to be a teacher one day, and I'm convinced now that she would be a WONDERFUL teacher...she's especially great with the little ones.

After the crafts and lunch, we had the annual Pinata....kids love this. Each one took a swing at it, and after a couple of rounds, it finally busted and the great scramble for the candy was on. The trick is to make sure that every child gets an equal amount of candy-easier said than done!

After that, we served the cakes: this year, we ordered one from Acme and Cindy decorated the other one. (I'll boastfully take credit for actually baking the one- I had the time since I get to be the bum for the summer!)

By around 5:30, most of the kids had left and Josh was absolutely exhausted. A combination of morning karate class, no nap, and a spirited party pretty much knocked him out for the evening by 7:30 or so. The little guy had quite a day- Happy Birthday, buddy. I love ya!