". . . little shall I grace my cause

In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience,

I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver . . ."

(William Shakespeare's Othello, I.iii.88-90)

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Ahoy, Matey!

Ten days ago my baby had his sixth birthday. We didn't have the party until today, which is a good thing considering that he was running a 103 fever on his birthday!

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?)



The game begins!


Down to three!
We have a winner! (The two finalists are brothers.)




Finally . . . what is a pirate party without a treasure chest?



After the smaller pirates took their shots, some bigger ones had a turn.



It took a couple of REALLY BIG pirates to get this treasure chest open.



Every man for himself!
Finally, cake. I think this one might have choir directing in his future.



Or maybe there's a pastor in there somewhere.



Happy birthday, Evan, my littlest pirate. We all love you so much.

6 comments:

Elephantschild said...

Hymn numbers! Advent to Biblical canticles and liturgical music, right?

Cheryl said...

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?

Michelle said...

That's what I was going to guess but EC beat me to it! :) The early blog reader gets the chocolate...

Hannah said...

Cantor's beard still shocks me. :) Then again, I haven't seen him for a good three months or so.

Dakotapam said...

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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