We had a birthday party for Joel and Matthew (7) and Paul (2)
on May 5.
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| Rue wanted to wear Joel's fireman suit. |
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| We had a good sized crowd, and the first game was a donut hunt. |
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| Everyone grabbed a stick, and started hunting for the cardboard donuts that Joel cut out for the past 2 weeks. |
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| Aunt Cindy made him a special shirt, from This Ones Mine. |
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| Some of the donuts were a real challenge to find or retrieve. |
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| It was a HOT day. Really hot for the beginning of May. |
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| For Game 2 We made a circle, and had a donut toss. Some of the kids enjoyed this for 20 or more minutes. |
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| Others climbed trees. |
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| Game 3 Decorated Donut Contest. Everyone brought a pre-decorated donut. The only rule was it had to be made from things you had in your house or yard. |
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| Later, Joel, Matthew, and Paul got their gifts. |
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| Snacks! |
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| 2 Orange Duncan Yo-yos |
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| Joel's best gift was his flashlight. |
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| Matthew got a lot of the same stuff ... since most of it was from his parents. |
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| One cousin got Joel a water gun! |
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| Much to Joel's dismay, he was allowed to open 1item, and the rest had to wait for his "real" birthday. |
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| Paul got a lot of gifts much more than just a crayon book. LaRue had 2, so she gave 1 to Paul. |
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| We had donut cakes. If you have ever watch Donut Man videos, you know that a donut makes him sad, because it is like a heart without Jesus. So we made little Jesus Loves Me cakes, to repair their donuts. You can find Donut Man online. He has a website, and videos on Youtube. |
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| The BIG GIFT of the day, Matthew got a Brand New Boy Bike! |
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| Papa got the 3 boys each a tractor. |
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| Most of the kids went outside to eat their cake and ice cream. |
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| Aunt Cindy made party favors. HUGE hit! |
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| One of the Uncles brought the girls each a birthday gift as well. Bracelets and Watches. |
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| Later, a friend who missed the party dropped off some trucks. THANK YOU to everyone who came and THANK YOU for the gifts!!!! |
