Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Pirate Party

Elliott decided he wanted to have a pirate party when he turned 3.   There was tons of pirate stuff at the party store so we were good to go with the plan. There are a million pictures to share and they really do tell the whole story of the party so, quite uncharacteristically, I will not be very wordy in this post.

THE BIRTHDAY BOY


THE DECOR 










THE FOOD
The party was at 10:00 so we had a brunch, including a pick-your-own topping toast and English muffin bar.








THE PEOPLE








PRESENTS!












THE CAKE
I found a picture of a treasure chest cake.  Directions were not included, so I just made up my own.  It's not exactly what I wanted (I tried to make the opening bigger between the layers but it gradually sank and closed over night) but it was a good effort and tasted delicious. 










EVERY SINGLE PERSON AT THE PARTY WITH GREY, THE SKELETON PIRATE

Shireen 
(who actually owns Grey and kindly let us borrow him)

My dad, Larry

Jerry 

Uncle Terry 


Kathy 

Brittany 

Joni

Monica

Dahlia, Joseph and Desmond

Oriana

Carson

Aunt Karen

Bobby

Rick

My mom, Carol

Brianna

Travis

Brendan

Michael

John



Maryellen

Me

Spencer

Jesus 

JoAnn

Michael's mom, Jeanne

Michael's dad, Raymond

And finally, the birthday boy Elliott

It was a great party from beginning to end.  We are so lucky to have family and friends who will play the part of pirate to amuse our (definitely no longer a baby and not even really a toddler) son.

Now that he's 3 I definitely have to change the title of the blog. 

4 comments:

Valerie said...

What a wonderful party!! You've got this Pinterest mom thing down.

Seriously, Oliver and Elliott would be bffs. I am sure of it. Oliver absolutely loves Jake.

The happiest of birthdays to big boy Elliott (when did this happen?????)

Jeannette said...

Love it, love it, love it. I feel like we were there and wish we actually were. Where did you get Elliott's shirt? Nice job on the cake! What did you end up doing with the leftovers?

Sherry said...

Seriously, you know I love everything about the party! And Elliott was the star of the show...well along with Grey the Pirate of course. And stop pretending to be modest about that cake because you know it rocked and that you could not have gotten a bakery to do any better. I am just sad my pirate loving boys could not be there to join the fun. :-)

Cat said...

1. I can't believe he's 3! He'll be in kindergarten next time I see him.
2. I am v. impressed with your cake!