Pirate Birthday Party

Crumpet has been planning a pirate birthday party since the day after his Lightning McQueen party last year. At last, it came to pass on Sunday! He could barely contain himself the whole week before. We ended up having beautiful weather for the day, and all of Crumpet's friends were there. It was a good celebration of Crumpet turning 4 (I have a 4 year old??? - as of tomorrow, I guess I do. Yikes!), and also a last chance for us all to get together.

I made pirate cupcakes:
And a pirate ship cake:

We had a very simple scavenger hunt. I stuck plastic bugs up around the yard, and gave each family a sheet with pictures of all the bugs they needed to find. There were prizes if the kids found 10, 15 or all of the bugs. Everyone found them all - there was a lot of cooperating going on, which was awesome to see!

Crumpet and his dad searching for bugs:

The whole group looking together for one of the hardest-to-find bugs:

Crumpet and a friend discussing where to find the last few bugs:

We had a pirate ship pinata:

And Crumpet got some awesome presents:

Here's the whole gang:

Every year, after these parties, I say "Never Again!" because they are exhausting! But Crumpet is already planning his Star Wars party for next year, so I guess I'd better start thinking of ideas...