Yesterday I threw Nico a pirate birthday party to celebrate him turning the big 4 years! Although his birthday is not for a couple of weeks, this was the only available weekend we had to have a party. God granted us with beautiful weather in the middle of November, which was wonderful since I had a pavillion reserved at Trinity Park. Pops and Big Sis came into town and helped me facilitate/take care of Natalee throughout the party.
Once all the kiddos arrived we walked just abotu 200 yards to the huge playground to let the kids play a bit. Then I had pirate games planned for the kids to play, to include walking the plank. This was where the kids had to carry a plastic golf ball on a spoon while racing across the "plank" to put into a bucket at the end of the plank. The second game was a ring toss game....they had to toss the rings onto the crocodile's snout. And finally the third game which was the biggest hit was a cannon ball fight. Daddy made Nico 2 large pirate boats out of our recent moving boxes and with the help from Daddy,Gigi and Pops, I had over 100 cannon balls made. The kids were divided up into two teams and they threw the cannon balls at each other from the ships! They loved this game....what 3 or 4 year old does not like throwing things at another person without getting in trouble?! I think they could have played this game for hours, but Big Sis came with the pizza, so it was time to eat!
The kids ate pizza and then it was time for our fancy Jake and the Never Land Pirate cake! By this time the wind had picked up some with the sun starting to set so the babies who were there (and there were 6 babies at the party!) were beginning to get chilly. Since the wind had decided to show itself, we had a bit of a hard time lighting the candle for Nico to blow out. A dear friend of mine had to hold the candle while someone lit it and three other people held their hands around the candle to block the wind. Then Nico blew the candle out as soon as it was lit...at least he got to blow it out because he looked at me with a funny face when I brought the cake over without a candle lit up for him to blow out.
After cake, it was time for presents. I can say that I think I may have needed some additional herding of the children during this part. Each child knew which present they had brought and they each wanted to open or at least help Nico open their present. There were a few presents in which Nico did not even get to open because a couple of his friend "helped" him out and did it for him.
Overall, Nico had a great time...he loved having his friends come to celebrate with him! What a blessing of day to celebrate one of the greatest blessings in my life! I love you Nico with all my heart!
The party is all set up and we are waiting for our guests.
Pops and Natalee at the park!
The birthday boy playing at the park.
Having fun swinging with Pops!
Ring toss game!
Cannon ball fight!!!!!!
Get 'em!
Captain Nico with Big Sis!
Our Jake Cake!
Playing with the puzzle on the cake.
Present time!
Mommy with her two little mates! Captain Nico had a great party!
Captain Nico with Mate Pops!
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