There was one week between spring break and Easter and Crew’s birthday fell within that week. It was basically a nonstop party. Crew had his heart set on having a pirate pool party months before his big day. He was a pirate for Halloween and his love for all things…
The final post of the pirate party series is all about the fun that was had. If I had one gripe about winter birthdays, it would be that nothing can take place outside (okay, I have lots of gripes about birthdays that fall near Christmas). But we made do with…
Blake’s pirate party was both a first time birthday celebration for him and for his master planner, a.k.a. me. (Part one is here.) I was worried about entertaining 14 young children for two hours, so I planned lots of activities to keep them occupied. First off was cookie decorating. Originally, I…
Way back during the first week of December, Blake turned six. He had five previous birthdays come and go with no parties aside from small gatherings with family. I usually feel too guilty about asking his friends’ families to take up precious time celebrating his birthday during the month of…
