Monday, August 6, 2007

Whew!! A perfect party day!!

Yesterday we had a double party for Ian's 1st birthday and Alison's 6th birthday. It was busy yet fun! It ended up being a perfect day to be outside. We were sure worried on the previous 2 days when it was so hot and humid.


First we had Ian's party from 1-3pm. His was a bookworm theme and he got tons of great books and toys. Ian loved his birthday cupcake. He started with just dipping his fingers in the frosting, he tried hands free. That wasn't as good as he thought it would be so he went back to wiping the frosting off. Then I cut it in half so he could see the cake inside. He ate the first half so fast that I took the 2nd haf away so he wouldn't get sick. After his cake and frosting were done, he picked up the plate and licked it. Here's the before pic of the cake.






Dan's parents gave us his bookshelf that his grandpa had built for him when he was younger. Much cooler than a store bought one that we were going to get.







Then from 3-5 we had Alison's party. Her birthday isn't until next week, but she was really jealous about his party being first and didn't mind sharing the party.



Alison had a camping party. Dan set up his old tent and the kids had fun playing in it. We made a campout cake. Her party was a big success. We had camping/camp activities like making sand art jars, stargazers, rock necklaces (cool idea, didn't work so well), and popsickle stick art. The kids could also make their own ice cream and have smores cooked over the grill in the fire pit. Oh and the pin the flame on the fire game that Alison made up.

Let's see if these picture links work.

My pictures

Mom and Dad's Pictures

2 comments:

Aunt Carmen said...

We can't get the pictures to open so I guess Grandpa J will have to put his pictures out there for us to see.
Carmen

Jennifer said...

Thanks for letting me know that it didn't work. I'll fix it and add the link to dad's too. (if I can)