Okay, so this is three weeks later, I admit. In my defense, we left for America two days after his birthday, and it's been pure roller coaster from that moment until this one. So now I shall try and catch all my devoted readers up on our lives. (Chris jokingly told me I needed to hurry and update my blog for my devoted readers. I laughed, then got an email from one of them asking me to update. That was kind of funny. Thanks, MP!)
This is the first year Noah really wanted a birthday party. We had decided on a pirate theme several weeks ago, and I scoured the internet for creative things to make and do for the party. That is my personal reward for throwing these birthday parties, don't you know? A valid excuse to spend hours in my craft room! The one thing I was sad about, I finally found the face paint for pirate beards and moustaches after the last kid had gone home. Sigh.
All his little friends from church came, including his favorite, Xenia, the only girl pirate, plus two friends who used to live in town. Since the party was on a Tuesday, Chris wasn't there to help out with Alexandra, so I was glad Pamela and Cathy decided to stay. Cathy ended up running the entire game of Pin the Flag on the Pirate Ship while I fed Baby. We also played Pirate Bowling, Musical Islands, and Hook the Pretzel. These were American kids so they actually ate the birthday cake I had made to look like a pirate ship. That was fun for me. Rather than tossing most of the cake because no one ate any! The sad part, no one in the family got seconds because Papa decided to toss it for us. We weren't too happy about that one.
As a final game, we sent the kids on a treasure hunt, since that is what all good pirates do. I had run out of time, so had Nicholas draw up the clues for the kids. Some of the clues were found out of order, which frustrated the clue writer, but eventually we worked it all out and the treasure was discovered buried in the footstool in the living room. Each little pirate got to take home a treasure box filled with sugar in various forms, and a parrot to sit on their shoulder. All in all, I think the kids had a good time and I know Noah loved it.
Can I just say, four year old pirates are about the cutest things on the planet!
Yay! I'm glad you're back posting. We've been checking everyday. Noah's party looks like it was so much fun. I can't wait until my kids are excited about birthday parties. I threw one for Riley's 3rd but he didn't so much have a good time. Maybe next year….Can't wait to hear all about your trip.
Max had a great time – thanks! The cake is so cute.