"A Very Merry UnBirthday Tooooo Yooouu!"

Little did I realize the wisdom behind this tea party that Alice had in wonderland. Two boys have birthdays right before Christmas, in the middle of Winter. There is not a lot to do and never the money to do it nor the friends that can come because December is full of other hustle and holiday cheer. So, because there have been more boys and friends in general here than we have had anywhere else, I decided now is the time to throw them an Unbirthday party-their first ever. And to make it simpler just combine all three of them into one big event. Worked beautifully. I love that life teaches you to simplify...
We decided to do a pirate party because there are SOO many things available. When each boy/girl arrived they were fitted with a ring, eye patch and a bandanna

These invitations contained an eye patch, skeleton ring, sand and the party details. So fun!
Some of the decor and party favors that were given. I laid them out to photograph to have the boys remember.

Party favors were prepared and stored in these bags. They contained skeleton candies that the kids can piece together like a puzzle. Bubblegum coins, Pirate Yo-yos, Pirate bouncy balls, and skeleton rings


Our front door




Here are the cakes-pirate ships. Not the best job, but fun nonetheless. So simple and the boys were thrilled





They are giving them some presents.


My right hand man-he was wonderful to help out.
Brett with one of his friends (MaKayla took these and they unfortunately turned out blurry)

Brett

Instructing for a game.

Preparing for a three legged race, after all pirates are known to have a peg leg.

We staged a ship battle scene and the boys and girls decided to be against each other. They had a blast! Easy, convenient boxes (for our move again)and pirate decorations-we smashed up paper lunch bags and they used these as cannons. The teams launched these, trying to get the most on the other side while the "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme song played. When the music ended the team with the most paper on their side lost, their ship sunk.