Birthday Part 2

I'll have to figure out how to rearrange these photos so that I have the others first....however, it won't happen for this post so here are the reverse order of the fun activities at the birthday party:
Here are the children all picking up the toys and candies inside the pinata.


And here they all are posing around the first pinata; an elephant.
We made three pinatas just in case the first one broke with the first swing. We weren't really sure how many layers to put on so we experimented. FYI Shawn says 2 layers of paper mache gives the most bang for your buck. A few of the party-goers were a little scared of the whole pinata scene so they are not pictured here. The elephant was in honor of Grammy White, who actually had her birthday on the day we had the boys' party. She did take a couple swings at the pinata although I was kind enough not to post them on the blog. Check out her scrapbook next time you see her, you might see one or two in there.

Here is the first swing from Benjamin.
And Alexander takes his turn as well.
The elephant was 3 layers, a little much for children. It took many swings! After the pinata festivities, Benjamin came over to me and said, "Mom, this is the best birthday ever!!" I guess the pinatas were a big hit! Pardon the pun....

And here are the birthday boys posing in front of the other birthday activity. If you can zoom in on Alexander's thumb you will see the nice little creature who wanted to join in on the fun.

A good time was had by all. Thank you to all who came to celebrate with us!