Liam's 5th Birthday Carnival

It was a crisp fall day, but it was not raining! Which was better than the original date for the party. Hurricane Irene crashed our original date of 8/28/11. Not sure who had more fun playing the games, the kids or the adults, but everyone seemed to enjoy their time celebrating the day with us.

• Desserts

  Ice cream cone cupcakes, 6 layer Rainbow cake, candy buffet,

• Activities / Games

  We played carnival games. There was a homemade Big Mouth game, Magic Key, Ring Toss, Potty Toss, Tin Can Alley, Guess How Many, Lucky Duck and a Moonwalk. We had a photo booth with fun props as well as a face painting table!

• Budget

  $400 including the bounce house!

• Party Favors

  Candy buffet and prizes from the prize table including swirl pops, whizzers, candy dots, maze games, parachute men, matchbox cars, squirt guns and ring pops

• Best Moment

  Watching papa wrangle all 25+ kids in a matter of minutes to play the games when I tried for 15 minutes with no luck.

• What People Ate

  Carnival fare was served. Popcorn, Hot dogs, pretzels, cotton candy, pizza, Fried oreos

• What People Drank

  Lemonade, cool aid, water, Cotton Candy Cosmos (adults), John Daly's (adult version of Arnold Palmer's)

• Most Touching Moment

  Hearing the birthday boy reading his own birthday cards at 5 years old! So grown up!

• Funniest Moment

  Finding Memere in the bounce house with the kids!

• Alice Mall

  Mom