It was kind of a thrown together thing. I didn't get invitations in the mail in time so had to resort to emailing and phoning the guests. I didn't reserve the fellowship hall until a few weeks ago, but luckily it was still available. I didn't have a particular theme in mind but just went to the party store looking for some generic decorations. (Evan is not much into any certain character or trademark.) The one thing I knew I wanted was a pinata, per Evan's request.
We ended up with a pirate party, and what a blast it was! I haven't been to such a fun kids' birthday party in a long time. Who needs Chuck E. Cheese?
The festivities began with a little sword play.
En garde! (Do pirates say that?)
It appears there's not a great deal of difference between boys of 6 and those of 17. At least not when it comes to swords.
Uh-oh! Man down!
Or is he just playing possum?
Next, the egg relay race.
Even the mommies faced off.
Of course, what is an old-fashioned birthday party without a rollicking round of musical chairs? Accompaniment was courtesy of the Cantor, who provided music determined by the participants as they took turns calling out a number between 331 and 924. (Anyone out there wanna guess what the numbers signified?)
6 comments:
Hymn numbers! Advent to Biblical canticles and liturgical music, right?
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! I have such smart readers. I owe you a chocolate bar, EC. Or a bottle of 3-buck Chuck. Cabernet or Merlot?
That's what I was going to guess but EC beat me to it! :) The early blog reader gets the chocolate...
Cantor's beard still shocks me. :) Then again, I haven't seen him for a good three months or so.
Looks like fun! Musical chairs is always a hit at our parties...it seems that people just don't do that so much anymore! Probably because not everyone wins...
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