pirate p"aargh"ty

Yo ho! A pirate's life for Captain Miller and his shipmates. We celebrated the big 4 with 12 swabby friends and a few itty bitty matey siblings at Pirate's Cove. Sand, cannons, swords, hats, eye patches, and loot..what more could a four year old swabby want?

Shiver me timbers, these swabbies had lots of energy to burn aboard the ship.

Since it was a birthday celebration during the week, we had the whole cove to pillage..pirate style. What's a pirate party without dressing the part? The boys sported hats & swords and the girl mateys were bedazzled in beads & hot pink kerchief headpieces. Captain Miller tried the eyepatch on for size but quickly realized it takes a lot of patience to see with one eye. Aaargh!

Then it was the long awaited cupcake time. Even pirates love frosting. In the four year old brain, this is what parties are all about. The birthday chorus did not disappoint. Miller felt so loved to have all his special pirate mateys in the room just for him. Sorry swabby mommys for choosing red frosting and sending your swabby home with a plastic sword for that matter. Stain remover sticks should have been included in the loot bags. It didn't take long for these scallywags to clean up and get into shipshape for another round of rowdy fun.

Birthday boy pirates like to dig for golden treasures beneath the sand. It's hard work ya know! Between shoveling sand in buckets and filling them to the brim with foam balls from the cannons, these bucaneers were a hard working crew.

With a heave ho these shipmates worked together to get the job done.
Little sister stayed out of the line of fire and sand to celebrate her brother's big day. Just one month shy of her big day. It's a whirlwind of birthdays at our house.

A big thank you to my friend Tracy at sweetpeachpaperie for helping me with the printed products. I'm in love with her cupcake toppers and favor tags. It was fun to decorate in reds and blacks and I couldn't resist bringing in the fun polka dots to pull it all together. This was a fun theme to work with. I wanted to keep it preschool- pirate friendly instead of scary. Miller wanted to know why there were doggy bones on his pirate hat...so cute! I didn't want my four year old exposed to skulls & crossbones just yet. My painted pirate turned out looking more like Calliou the baldheaded PBS character than scary Jack Sparrow;)

The Happiest of Happy 4th Birthdays to Miller!

Our lives changed forever four years ago and we'll be forever thankful for the sweet blessing of your life. Love to you!