"Children do not need to be made to learn about the world, or shown how. They want to, and they know how." -John Holt

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The Big Day

At last, it was finally Gabriel's turn for a birthday. We had been counting down for months.

Of course the weather decided to get sassy on us and had us jumping inside and out all afternoon, dodging rain and thunder, but we still manged to do some swimming and got the dragon egg hunt completed.




During the pinata bashing, it started to downpour so we continued the festivities indoors.




After the abuse went on long enough, I had to claw the poor castle open and shake the contents out. Pandemonium ensued.




With the sun trying to peek back out, we headed outside again for cake which deserves it's own picture as it took me over two hours to frost.


Luckily someone took over and massacred my masterpiece into child-sized portions since I couldn't bring myself to do it and it was enjoyed by all.



Even Caden, who didn't notice the frosting was missing on his... All in all, it was a royal success fit for a knight! Many thanks to all our guests! :)

Posted by Jessica at 3:14 PM

1 comment:

joldham said...

um, I'm no expert, but I don't think castles are blue.

2:07 AM

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