This year Jade wanted to have a pirate birthday party. (we do friend parties every other year). This party was actually a lot of fun to do, and thanks to oriental trading it wasn't to hard either! It all started with a message in a bottle! Jade was almost as excited about doing the invitations as she was for the party. She burned each invitation by hand over a candle, going for that authenic aged paper look.
Pirate Jade and her crew mates were all adorned with fun pirate attire. They had necklaces, bandanas, and lots of other fun pirate loot. We even had a plank for the naughty pirates to walk. Of course everyone wanted to walk the plank, but what can you say they're pirates, they unpredictable! Thanks to Daddy, Uncle Brett and Aunt Sherri for manning the plank so no one got hurt.
Then we had a pirate duck race, where you could only use a straw to get your duck to the other side of pool. That was interesting... thank goodness for chlorine right?
I know Jade had a lot of fun with her friends and the presents of course are just a bonus! Then to keep with our theme, I made a treasure map cake. Jade was full of suggestions, on how it should look, and in the end she said she was happy with the results. I think she was just being nice. But I'll take it. It was her birthday so her opinion is the only one that counted right!?! Jade went after her cake in true pirate form, with no manners and no cares. Nice Jade. Colby was anxious to try that style out as well, although that is how he goes after most things! All in all it was a fun party and it was great that Grandma and Grandpa Stacey and Uncle Brett, Aunt Sherri, Jacob and Gavin were able to be there too.
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