Parker and Riglee decided they wanted to have a Pirate Birthday Party! It was a lot of fun!

I hung this wreath on the front door to welcome the arrival of our buccaneers!

Husband decided the party wouldn’t be complete without making wooden swords!

We let the guests use them to try and break the pinata open and then took them back. Then we handed the out at the very end as everyone was leaving. I didn’t want a major sword fight to break out!
We had Fruit for Scurvy Prevention.

We had fruit for Scurvy Prevention.

We had Peg Legs (pretzels), Cannon Balls (malted milk balls), Pirate Teeth (candy corn), and Catch of the Day (goldfish).

We also had Rum (root beer) and Parrot Parts (popcorn chicken).

The cake was AMAZING!  Thanks to a good friend of ours!

We set up a little photo booth outside.  A few of the kids loved it.  Other kids didn’t go anywhere near it.

Parker and Riglee got Pirate Costumes for Christmas (thanks to a post-Halloween 75% off sale) and they were them to the party.

When it was time for cake, Parker decided he was tired of the costume.  So he took it off.  Notice his snazzy pirate tattoo!

The candles were awesome.  We found them at Hobby Lobby.

Even some of the adults joined in the fun!  We had red and white stripped headbands for everyone!

We also had Polly’s Crackers (cheese and crackers), Ships and Dip (chips, salsa and cheese dip), and Pirate Fingers (little smokies).

After we finished eating our food (at Olive Garden), my cousin got out my cookie cake.  When my mom started cutting into it, she said – “Oh, should we sing.” haha I said nope just cut it.  My grandpa asked me if I wanted him to sing the Short or Long version of Happy Birthday and I said BOTH!!  So he got out of his chair, got on his knees and said this is the short version and sang happy birthday.  Then he stood up (hit his head on the chandelier since he is over 6 ft tall) and said this is the long version and sang happy birthday to me again!

I was so glad he came because as he’s gotten older he has become more of a homebody and doesn’t like large crowds.  So him singing to me like this was over the top!

The day started as any other day, except husband was still home.  He took the day off to spend it with me.  We went and got a new battery for my Fossil Watch that he had given me years ago.  The battery had been dead for more than a year….maybe 2.  :/  Then we headed to Chick-Fil-A so that Parker could play.  A Chick-Fil-A trip wouldn’t be complete with out turning in their toys from their kids meals for an ice cream cone.

Then we headed to Target.  I was in serious need to walk around after finishing Parker’s Ice Cream Cone.  We stopped at our favorite spot….The Dollar Section.  Absolutely every mom’s favorite spot I think.  You let your kids pick out 1 toy for a buck.  Tell them as long as they are good the whole time, you will buy it. If not you will put it back.  And you’ve only spent a dollar!  Yep — It really is the best place in target (next to starbucks…I’m totally in love with their Vanilla Bean Frappachinos—totally coffee free and absolutely amazing!!) The Kids had fun trying on these bunny ears — but both were broken…Sad day.

Then we headed over to Rao’s Bakery to try out a cupcake.  I have only been there once so Adam said we should go try it out.  My cupcake was dried out and not very good.  I was pretty disappointed – especially when it was 3+ bucks.  I told Adam that Duncan Hines made way better cupcakes and frosting. 

We were about to head to Beaumont to get in a little shopping before dinner and I remembered I had signed up to feed both sets of the missionaries in our ward!!!  Luckily We had already told them that we were just bringing them food because when I signed up on Sunday I totally forgot it was my birthday on Monday and that I already had dinner plans.  (Double OOPS!)  So we ordered them pizza, stopped at the grocery store and picked them up water, root beer (root beer and pizza just go together), and cookies and dropped the food off to them.  We sat with them a few minutes while they ate and they shared a spiritual thought with us.  If you want to learn more about our religion and the missionaries, Head over to Mormon.org.

When we left there, we headed to Olive Garden.  There were 17 or 18 of us.  My Aunt, My Cousin, Her Husband, Her Daughter, Parker, My Mom, My Grandma, My Grandpa, My Brother-in-law, My SIster, Riglee, A Good Friend of Ours, Adam, Me, My Brother, My Sister-in-law, My nephew, and My niece.  I had to go around the table to make sure I didn’t leave anyone out!  I was handed a gift card to Starbucks from my Brother and Sister-in-Law and a gift to unwrap from my grandparents, aunt, and cousin’s family.  It was a cute box with tons of cards — thank you cards, birthday cards, new baby cards, etc.  They also got me a cookie cake.

Had I known my cousin didn’t like cookie cakes (I mean I should have — she is my cousin), I wouldn’t have told her that’s what I wanted her to order me.  My mom got me a cupcake stand

Wilton 4-Tier Stacked Cupcake and Dessert Tower

and a cool new rolling pin.

Joseph Joseph ROLL0100CB Adjustable Rolling Pin with 6 Removable Discs

It was a fantastic day and I’m grateful for everything my family did yesterday to make it fun and special and for all the Facebook posts and texts!

After the crazy week I’ve had getting ready for the shower, I want nothing more than to sit at home and relax and post to the blog.  But, It’s my birthday today and husband took off work to spend the day with me and the kids!  So I’ll be back tomorrow!!   Hard to believe another year has come and gone!

We did a joint birthday party for the kids back in January. You can read about it here and here.  But since it was Riglee’s FIRST birthday on Feb 3, we had to do something.  Parker felt that Riglee NEEDED a cookie from GACC.  He is obsessed and loves those things.  Who doesn’t?  So we let him decide what to put on the cookie.  After a long day, we didn’t end up actually cutting into the cookie cake until almost 9pm I think!  CRAZINESS!!!  Here are pictures.