I won't say today was perfect, but it went much better.
This afternoon we attended Lisa's cousin's son's 5th birthday party.
You think we do parties with flair? Take a look at this.
After a brief but fierce rainstorm the kids were sent into the yard to search for 'dinosaur bones'. Our big concern was that each of the kids find at least one, but with 31 of the bones out there it was easy pickings.
Each of the bones came from a dinosaur jigsaw puzzle. Each piece was magnified and traced on wood as a template, then cut out and painted. This was the final product once all the 'bones' were found.
There was a ball pit, a small inflatable pool, hot dogs and brats, and a delicious chocolate cake that featured a smoking volcano on top with dinosaurs surrounding it (the volcano was filled with dry ice).
We'll have to steal that idea for one of Smiley's parties in the years to come.
A good time, even if it was often interrupted by rain.
Here are some blurry but cute shots of Lump from today:
Wow, that's an impressive idea for a kids' party! Did the kids put the "dinosaur" together, or did the adults? What a neat idea. Maybe there will be some future archaeologists to come out of the group! Glad to hear it was a better day.
ReplyDeleteBeth
Boy, somebody was on the ball thinking of that birthday party. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteJoyce
Love the pictures of the party, really took time....the baby is so cute....
ReplyDeleteJeanne
Hahahahaha....that middle picture of Lump is too cute. If we only knew what they were thinking...
ReplyDelete~Amy
That sounds like a fun day. At some expence I would think !!!! Am I right in guessing that the birthday boy is an "only" child...sorry about the rain though..Love Sybil x
ReplyDeleteSybil - nope, the oldest of two kids. Thanks for the comment.
ReplyDeleteThat dinosaur idea is so cool, I really like how all the pieces come together at the end to make something. My son would have loved that when he was younger.
ReplyDeleteJulie