C’s 6th Birthday Party

We scheduled C’s birthday party for a few weeks after his actual birthday so that Grandma Susie could be there. I planned a picnic in the park and hoped for good weather (despite our history with C’s birthday parties being cold and/or rainy). The good weather came through, and C’s friends all came to enjoy grilling and cake at our favorite park.

Alf Eivind gave C a peace angel in a tiny box, and a stick of licorice “dynamite” which I think C was disappointed to learn would not acutally blow things up. But he liked how it tasted.

It was real dynamite! If I had real dynamtie I would set it on fire and explode a tree!

This was a little present I got for C; you hook the nose of the plane on a rubber band and shoot it like a sling shot. It’s got some holes in the nose so it makes this awesome “pweeeng” sound as it flies. I think I like it more than C does, actually. :)

For the non-Norwegians in the audience, that’s pronounced “apple and pear”.

Apl is still rocking those sunglasses!

love the engangs grill… single use disposable grills!

Christian Andres used to go to C’s kindergarten, but moved on to 1st grade last year. We’ve only seen him once between then and now, so C was super excited to see him.

Gustav had a good idea of being friends. He took the ball and threw it to me, and then I threw it back! The tree was fruktstedt but Gustav still threw water at me.

I don’t know what fruktsted means… it sounds like “fruit place” but I don’t think that’s right.

Nicole is the daughter of a colleague of mine, and she is going to be in C’s class next year, so I thought they could get to know eachother a little better at C’s birthday party. It must have been a little intimidating, though, going to a party where you don’t really know anyone. I hope she had fun!

Dancers are amazingly good at balancing.

I’m just upside down!

C’s birthday cake request was chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, and merengues. Ruby helped me decorate it with dot-sprinkles. All the children at the party gathered round and helped put on the candles.

Cake Smake! Merengues and Sprinkles!

I think he liked it.

KISS MY FIST, PUNK!!

We gave bubbles in the favor bags, and everyone had a really good time blowing bubbles, chasing them, and popping them.

Gustav’s blowing those bubbles out from his mouth.

Great capture with the bubble!

It’s a game how you turn around, and then when someone says stop you have to go sit down and wait until the next round.

Well, it was a lot of preparation, and a lot of worrying about the weather, but all in all it was a success, and lots and lots of fun. Thanks to everyone who came to C’s 6th birthday party!

It’s like a baby mortarboard. Uber-cute!