Jaden's Pirate Party!!

Jaden turned 5 in April! I can't believe my baby is getting so big!! We had a very special pirate party with some of his little friends to celebrate!

When the guests arrived they had to SUIT UP!!

Every Pirate needs a pirate eye patch, sash, bandana and of course a pirate sword!!

Here's Jade in his pirate gear!

(he wasn't a fan of the bandana)

The party table.

my Mom sent lot's of Happy Birthday Jaden & pirate vinyl which we had all over the house, thanks mom!!

the food table

for dinner we had:

"crunchy bones" - pretzel sticks

"gold dubloons" - gold wrapped mini chocolates

"shark bait" - gold fish crackers

"cap'n jaden's sandwiches"

"cannon balls" - cheese balls

"banana boats"

"Pirate grog" - drinks :)

favor bags

presents!!

after the friends arrived and got all of their pirate gear on they went to the back for sword fights & to visit "One-eyed Lauren's Tattoo Parlor"

yep, just realized i spelled tatoo wrong in my sign... oops.

Here is Sissy with her awesome pirate ship tattoo!!

the crew!

After we ate, Jade opened his presents... he couldn't believe that all of his friends have given him presents! He got so much awesome stuff!!

we went on a treasure hunt, and found clues all over the house.

that led to the treasure chest!!

everyone was so excited... especially my handsome birthday boy!

cupcakes

everyone sang happy birthday to him...

he was trying so hard not to smile

we tried to light the candle like 20 times, but it was so windy (as it always is in Amarillo) so he just pretended to blow it out! :)

it was a little bit of a rough day for little miss Kennedy... she kinda likes things to be all about her :) Fortunately she had two things that helped: a delish cupcake & her awesome Auntie Lauren to spoil her.

oh, and her sweet brother taking time out of his special day to take a pic with his little sis...

I love these two so much.

It was such a fun party, and Jade felt so special. Sword fights broke out all over the place, as well as all of the "pirates" realizing how funny it is to hit the balloons with theirs swords until they popped. It was pretty hilarious.

Jade playing pin the patch on the pirate...

Poor Jade got hit hard in the face (our only casualty) with a sword right before this shot, but other than this moment, he had a perfect birthday.

after all the friends left, and we cleaned up a bit, we all went to the backyard and enjoyed the beautiful evening

Auntie Lauren & kennedy
we tried out some of his new presents... including silly string :)
pirate Lauren!! She was such an amazing help at this party, I seriously couldn't have done it without her!
trying out the yo-yo
my handsome 5 year old

Happy Birthday Jaden!!

You are such an amazing blessing in my life! I love you, and I am so proud of what a big boy you are becoming!

love, mom