Henry had his first friend birthday party this year! You might sense a theme from Jack's, but I was really tired and tried to avoid throwing the party...but alas, it was not to be!
So I made him a cool cake (this parrot is named Skully and he's from "Jake and the Neverland Pirates"). Fortunately, I took care of this the night before.
Of course, we left off preparing the games until the day of the party.
Bad call. Tyler became violently ill just moments before the first guests arrived (which meant that he was moving more slowly than he expected when it came time to put the cardboard "boat" together for the kids to play in, which meant it didn't get done, which meant that I kinda ran out of things for the poor kiddos to do...).
Each kid got their own souvenir doo-rag to start their pirate adventure. Then we colored pictures of Jake and his crew. That lasted a whole 15 minutes (I was supposed to be making a "don't eat pete" board while they were coloring, but...that didn't work out with the whole indisposed spouse).
Of course, we left off preparing the games until the day of the party.
Bad call. Tyler became violently ill just moments before the first guests arrived (which meant that he was moving more slowly than he expected when it came time to put the cardboard "boat" together for the kids to play in, which meant it didn't get done, which meant that I kinda ran out of things for the poor kiddos to do...).
Each kid got their own souvenir doo-rag to start their pirate adventure. Then we colored pictures of Jake and his crew. That lasted a whole 15 minutes (I was supposed to be making a "don't eat pete" board while they were coloring, but...that didn't work out with the whole indisposed spouse).
But hey, after having a "cannonball" fight from the half-finished boat, the kids were hungry anyways, right? So we ate Skully.
During which I made a Don't Eat Pete gameboard. And then we plied the kids with more sugar. And then we opened presents. And they all played with the presents. Fortunately, time was up and they were done. Phew!
And then Tyler got better. (He really was sick. Food poisoning? He was the only one to get it, thank goodness! Can you imagine sending everyone home with their pirate goody bag and eye patch...and the stomach flu? Yeah, party of the year, folks.)
Oh, and the lack of picts from the party? Yeah, the photographer was ill... :)
And later we celebrated Hank's birth with far too many gifts.
He was pretty stoked about the Batman toy from Grandpa and Grandma Carla.
We love our "little" Hank-a-roo!
Fave color: Blue
Fave food: Pizza
Fave thing to do: anything with his siblings!
Henry is learning to spell now--so fun! He has an infectious smile (those dimple!) and loves to make other people laugh. The kid has some crazy hair, but we can't really bear to cut it--it's so cute! His concept of time is iffy--"yestertimes" or "yesterday" is his reference to the past (no matter how far in the past it is). "Tomorrow" is the future. The kid is built like a tank and just barrels through life, never seeing any obstacles in his path. He's become pretty sensitive lately. Henry loves to run and jump and can't wait until it's warm again so he can play outside!
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