Birthday Party

The Engineer recently turned 7. He wanted to be a king for his birthday. That one stumped me for a while, but in time I latched on to a Mardi Gras theme.

We decorated with purple, green and gold, the Artist made a beautifully festive cake (sans little plastic baby bauble). The Engineer approves! And he got to arrange his candles. The kids all made mardi gras crowns with a vast selection of glue-on and stick-on decorations. I talked with the kids about Epiphany ("Kings Day"), carnival season, and the grand culmination in Mardi Gras.

During the party the boys opted to play with race cars, foosball, football, a toy shooting gallery, and the young lady who attended go to join the Artist in playing dolls.

The king-for-a-day and his court: