To our surprise Lucas decided to have a Carnival theme for his birthday party this year. Actually, he originally wanted something else (that neither he nor I can remember) but I suggested that it was a little too graphic/adult in nature for many children and he quickly acquiesced. The weather was perfect and though it was a ton of work, it was well worth it. We happened to have a huge tent we could set up and Oriental Trading helped us take care of all the goodies we’d need to decorate and use as giveaways for each game. We painted cardboard boxes and purchased items from the dollar store to have such games as: bucket toss, bean bag toss, clothes pin drop, bowling pin throw, duck match, punching balloons, darts & basketball. We had a little activity where the kids could color their own paddle ball game and get their faces painted. All of this to a festive soundtrack of old school circus calliope tracks. Besides hot dogs in adorable plastic labeled holders, we had other traditional carnival food as well. We had peanuts in the shell, popcorn all bagged up, individually wrapped cotton candy and snow cones. Lucas said it was the best day of his life.

As you can see, Lucas wasn’t the only one having a good time. Looks like Mom, Dad & Evan did too.

Happy Birthday, big boy. We love you so!