So this cake is much better than the other one I made for the first mini party (you'll see in my next post) - because it is so much simpler! Originally Port wanted a snorkeler cake we found on Familyfun.com - but I couldn't find a snorkel so we did a mini bubble gum machine with strawberry malt balls all over it to look like pink bubble gum! He loved it and couldn't stop asking for gumballs all day. (That's not really a good thing).
Once at the party we had dinner together and then it was scavenger hunt time. Grandma set up a series of long yarn stings leading to different things throughout the house. He (and his gerbil entourage) were lead first to a box for the gerbil cage, then to some gerbil food and wood shavings, then to the actual cage . . . and then to the GERBIL! It was so cute to see his eyes get wider and wider as the realization set in that he could ACTUALLY be getting a REAL gerbil! He was thrilled!
Please click on this image with all the kids. Notice Peter's eyes and the bewonderment, ahh the excitement of little critters!
A few good hugs! Since the gerbil was a gift from everyone, Port made the rounds
with thank you hugs to all. These are a couple of the squeezes!
Ahhh, thanks Grandma, and to all, this is a birthday he'll never forget!
5 comments:
What a cute family you have. That looks like a fun birthday! We miss seeing you!
Maryann (your cousin)
I would have to say Peter looked a bit more posessed than anything in the picture. Fun fun pictures!!! Great cake.
How fun!! That birthday cake is absolutely adorable - where did you get the idea? It's been a long time, so tell me, how many kids do you have now (names and ages would also be appreciated!)?
What fun birthday parties! You will have to tell me how the gerbil thing goes- our Bryson is dying for either a gerbil or a lizard!
wo good werck
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