Day: July 31, 2008

The Boys' Blessed Birthday Bonanza!

| Stacy



The boys chose Life at the Pond as their theme for their party. Only a handful of guests had heard of this wonderful Christian radio program, but that didn’t phase the boys.
We had allowed the boys to invite all their friends and we were delighted that all but one family was able to join us for the party. I think we had 52 people… but I did lose count!

We started at Methuselah’s Paint Station. We painted rocks. This wonderful idea came from a friend at church on Sunday afternoon as I shared how much Beau wanted a “painting party.”






On to Bill the Duck’s Obstacle Course.

My kids have such wonderful friends. Really. Not once was I thinking, “Oy! That kid is a piece of work.” In fact, what I was thinking over and over again was, “Wow, these are great kids. We are so blessed!!”
I was imagining it from my sons’ points of view.
Here they are with almost 100% of their friends in their yard playing with them.
That has to be one of a kid’s dreams come true.
Can you imagine looking around and everyone you see is someone you love?

Time for the pinata. We failed to name this “attraction.”
Five and under got to hit it without the blindfold.
Six and over wore the blindfold.
But it seemed a lot of them had impeccible aim and a stiff neck.
[They were peeking!]
At the end, we let Champ and Beau take a few extra swings to try to get the job done!

After presents we headed back to the WATER PARK. 😉

Everyone was so patient while they waited their turns down the waterslide and slip and slide.
I just love all these kids so much!


Hamming it up a bit for the cupcakes.


Angel was there, too. But she was busy dragging Poppy around by his fingers. I think his left arm is longer than his right one, now.

The Boys’ Blessed Birthday Bonanza!

| Stacy



The boys chose Life at the Pond as their theme for their party. Only a handful of guests had heard of this wonderful Christian radio program, but that didn’t phase the boys.
We had allowed the boys to invite all their friends and we were delighted that all but one family was able to join us for the party. I think we had 52 people… but I did lose count!

We started at Methuselah’s Paint Station. We painted rocks. This wonderful idea came from a friend at church on Sunday afternoon as I shared how much Beau wanted a “painting party.”






On to Bill the Duck’s Obstacle Course.

My kids have such wonderful friends. Really. Not once was I thinking, “Oy! That kid is a piece of work.” In fact, what I was thinking over and over again was, “Wow, these are great kids. We are so blessed!!”
I was imagining it from my sons’ points of view.
Here they are with almost 100% of their friends in their yard playing with them.
That has to be one of a kid’s dreams come true.
Can you imagine looking around and everyone you see is someone you love?

Time for the pinata. We failed to name this “attraction.”
Five and under got to hit it without the blindfold.
Six and over wore the blindfold.
But it seemed a lot of them had impeccible aim and a stiff neck.
[They were peeking!]
At the end, we let Champ and Beau take a few extra swings to try to get the job done!

After presents we headed back to the WATER PARK. 😉

Everyone was so patient while they waited their turns down the waterslide and slip and slide.
I just love all these kids so much!

Hamming it up a bit for the cupcakes.

Angel was there, too. But she was busy dragging Poppy around by his fingers. I think his left arm is longer than his right one, now.