Isaac's 6th Birthday - Part One

Hello All,
well Isaac's 6th birthday party was a big success! He turns 6 on the 8th of November but because he has a couple of friends whose birthdays are the same day and the day after, we decided to do his party one week early. We have never done a party like this before so it was our first time! The theme was a "Captain's Party" like Captain Cook who sailed the many seas and discovered Australia......a brief history lesson.......that type of captian. We had many fun things. The kids were supposed to come dressed as a crew member or officer. There were some good outfits and it was exciting. I think the two Isaacs had GREAT costumes........here is our Isaac below in his Captain's outfit. We bought it from Spotlight in case anyone was wondering :-) Here he is saying, "I want YOU" which was on his invitation........cute Here is Isaac's Birthday Cake. We got the receipe off of a website that was on Teresa Clifton's blog and she got it off her sister, Becca who made this pirate cake for their son I understand. It was cute and because our theme was not a pirate theme we made it look like a normal sailing ship. Both Alan and I did the cake together. Yes, Brooke, it was as yummy as what it looks! Ha!

Isaac opening presents! He was very excited. I got some pictures of him with each child but need to check with their mums if I can post those photos!

Cathy is a dear friend. We have been friends for a long time. She is aware I am posting and was cool with it :-) In this photo is her son, Isaac. I attended the birth of Isaac and so he is like my "baby" as well. He is 7 but not a full year older than our Isaac. We are all very good friends. I thought his outfit was great....so this is my Isaac and her Isaac....the two Isaacs! Ha!

Hmmmm........my pictures are out of order. We actually did the cake at the end of the party....hey it is late and I am not concentrating as well. Here Isaac is blowing out his candles which was tough since they were sticking out of the cannons on the sides!

See...our of order. Isaac looking proud and yet modest while we sing "Happy Birthday" to him. He is so sweet.....

Ok, this was our first activity......the treasure hunt. Each child had a treasure bag and we had hidden treasure throughout our back yard. Alan is instructing them on the treasure hunt.

Looking for hidden treasure!!!! There were all sorts of things!

Isaac putting things in his treasure bag!

What has everyone found? Making sure that everyone had an equal amount of stuff! Want to be fair!

Other Isaac in his outfit!

refreshments!

Out of order!!!!!! The pinata - a treasure box! We did this just before singing "Happy Birthday". There were so many chocolcates and lollies in there. Isaac having a swing! Everyone got a go and some kids were so agressive! Ha!!!! It's a wonder no one got knocked over!

Still having a go!

The chocolate game. An old favourite. They had to roll a 3 or a 6 and then could pick up one piece of chocolate, either eat it or put it in their special cup for later!!!

Ah yes, here are the fleet of ships! Alan made every one of these ships from scratch! He spent a LOT of time on them and even painted them! There were 8 boys and 8 ships. This was Isaac's fleet that he was in charge of. We walked down to the local park where we were going to play some games with our ships.....it was so funny. They looked hilarious walking down the street in these ships. Neighbours came out and watched. Someone called to their family in the house, "come look at this....a parade!"....something like that....hehe

Walking down the street to the park!

Walking to the park

Walking down the street....hehe

Saluting on the way..hehe

Having a brief play on the play equipment....don't fall anyone! Hehe

Isaac in his boat waiting for the games to begin.

All lined up for the egg race.

So we had an egg race. They had to carry an egg in their crow's nest that Alan made at the top of their mast. They had to race down the grass, around a tree, and back to their spot without the egg popping out. It was really funny watching the kids do this. I have video footage but need to check with the parents about posting it....so hopefully next post I can have that here for you....hehe

Getting ready to race. Hehe.....here are the eggs in the crow's nests! Haha! One or two children had really cracked eggs in the end! Haha!

The fleet of boats at the park.

So yes, it was lots of fun and the egg races were hilarious! I will check with the mums about posting the video and some other photos that are more close up of some children with Isaac. Otherwise, Isaac was exhausted and all the kids were happy and excited. I got a thrill seeing them all enjoy themselves so much. Thank you to everyone who came!!!!!!

So stay tuned for the second edition of Isaac's birthday party adventures and thanks for checking in!!!

Love Charisse