"The Best Party I've Ever Been to and Ever Had!"

"You've gotta run to have fun!" Nathaniel wanted me to write it down in pirate hand writing to give to the kids!

The pinata was great! Although the top gave way long before the body of it did.

The treasure hunt was exciting, both Nathaniel and Eli discovered a "secret" comparment under their backpacks that they never knew existed and there were clues hidden there...exciting!

The playground was bustling!

Team one set up camp at the kitchen table to assemble their treasure map.

Knowing how to disifer pirate jargon really helps!

Some of the happy treasure hunters.

As the sun was setting the boys were getting excited for the most anticipated part of the party, capture the flag in the dark! Nathaniel had a blast at his party and now I'm planning for tonight's party for Ryon. And then Eli's April party! Crazy!

Happy Birthday, Nathaniel!

Didn't you want to have two huge chocolate chip cookies for breakfast on your ninth birthday? (The first 3 song choices came from Nathaniel, I posted a "Happy Birthday" song, but he didn't like it, at all!)

Toast, eggs, and sausage for the rest of us...mostly.

Nathaniel is great to have around! He's smart and athletic. He's kind and patient. And lately he's so excited to have all of his buddies (and Anna) over for his birthday party tomorrow afternoon!

I'm so proud of Nathaniel, he made his own Star Wars pinata!

I spent a lot of the day making "authentic pirate paper" and Black Bart envelopes to hide all the clues in. Tomorrow we are going to have 2 teams search for the treasure, it's our first attempt at two teams. I hope it works!

Mistakes...

I really don't know how this happened! I went into Picasa and this is what I found. It's a photo graph I took and a saying I have used, but for some reason all my photos have this saying now?! Good job Picasa...what else are you doing when I'm not around?

The Peach Trees Are in Bloom!

Presidents' Day

Today was one of those fulfilling days...we worked and ate and worked and played all together as a family all day long! Our neighbor has a huge field with tall rye grass growing in it and as our shadows were getting long the kids ventured out into it to play rabbits and foxes and hide (just hide)...the funny part is...they so rarely get to play in grass here they were all shocked to be completely itchy when all the playing was done, did you know grass makes you itchy??? :) (Yes, moms know everything:)