Today we had Ben's birthday party. It was a 'Pirate party' complete with a Pirate ship, treasure chest present storer, fishing game, treasure chest craft, and pirate bandannas, eye patches and jewels to take home.For food I made:
- Blue jelly cups with chocolate fish swimming in them,
- Mini hotdog pirate boats (cocktail sausage with puff pastry wrapped around and toothpick flag),
- Fish shaped fish fingers - a favourite with the kids,
- Jammy jewels,
- Sticky chicken nibbles - a favourite with the adults.
The cake was a Island with hidden treasure - complete with a red 'X' marking the spot, which Ben had to smash open/dig to find the buried treasure. This was a highlight for all the kids who all dived in for their share of the treasure once Ben had discovered it.While Ben was opening his presents, he surprised both Peter and I with his appropriate use of present opening etiquette/manners (without us reminding him about it at all): thanking each child for their present before opening it; reading the cards before opening the presents; and then at the end involving all the kids in a group hug to say thank you for his presents (we would have loved a photo of this, as it was really cute, but it was totally spontaneous and unexpected that nobody had their camera before it was over).
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