The camping party

Three hours after getting home from Mimi's house, my Jaybird has his birthday party! What a fun, long, crazy day it has been. I still can not believe he is 9 years old!J decided on a camping theme this year. We put our tents and canoe by the pool for fun. Our backyard is like a jungle, so it lends itself well to this theme! The only decorations I bought were a few streamers, a camo banner, and some brown disposable tablecloths. I also filled Mason jars with stones and tea lights for the tables.
Our cake was the easiest ever! It consisted of chocolate sheet cake, chocolate round cake on top for a hill effect, crushed graham crackers for the dirt effect, and plastic bugs and snakes on top.

For fun we swam
Had a marshmallow war

Embarked on our annual treasure hunt. But it was more like letter boxing this year. And, it was harder because all the clues had a letter and the kids had to unscramble the letters to make a word.Ate camping foods in the tents
And made smores on the grill. (We had a campfire planned, but we had to improvise b/c of time. J wore his mask to protect his eyes from the smoke. Love that idea.)The kids took home a granola bar, fruit roll up, glow stick, gum and plastic snake in camo bandannas. The birthday boy was delighted and felt very celebrated. I hope he never outgrows birthday parties!