Friday, August 15, 2008

happy 5th birthday Ethan!

Ahoy, mateys! Welcome to the Wood Lair. Captain Ethan sent a secret message to invite his buddy's to go in search of the hidden treasure....either by reading it backwards or using the secret decoder...a mirror.

Once they were outfitted with balloon swords and bandannas they were ready to follow the clues on their old, worn treasure maps to find the secret treasure.



It led them to the Lagoon sands to where they found the big red X. After much digging they were able to retrieve the treasure box with much pirate's booty (not to be mistaken for a person's backside) to be found inside.


After dividing the spoils, they headed back to the Wood Lair for some feasting and celebrating. They topped off their meal with a Pirate ship cake (the only picture I got of it before it was devoured...actually I didn't get many pictures of the entire party...that's the problem with being the host).

To conclude all of the running around, silly laughter and crazy fun, Captain Ethan opened his gifts from his fellow mateys. The rest of the pirates then headed home to their own Lairs with some crazy sugar energy and hopefully went straight to bed.

Happy Birthday Ethan! We are thankful to God for our sweet, thoughtful, adventuresome boy.

4 comments:

Malia said...

How fun! Happy Birthday Ethan, it looks like you had lots of fun with lots of boys! Erin, you are so creative!

Anonymous said...

What a great party!! How hectic but what a blast. Nice going Mom and Dad. Mom H

ERH said...

that looks like so much fun for the guys. i'm sure you were ready for a nap after all that craziness! love the pirate ship cake...you always have such creative and fun ideas!

Joc said...

Man, sounds like you threw a great party! Happy Birthday Ethan!