Ghouly Good Time
Claire shares her birthday with President Theodore Roosevelt. Claire's nickname is "Bear" and President Roosevelt's nickname was of course "Teddy."
Unfortunately Teddy Roosevelt themed food isn't a lot of fun. So we went with a Halloween Theme for the food.
We made the cake in the shape of a teddy bear (cupcakes - I really recommend this for kid parties - easy serve and no forks). We decided the teddy bear cake looked too serene, so we made him into a vampire.
We went for a walk after stuffing ourselves with baby doll guts, barbie swamp, worms (flank steak strips on skewers) and vampire teddy bear cupcakes. We thought Teddy would appreciate the Wilderness Park hiking trail. Originally we planned to bring paper and pencils and watercolors, but as happens with kids who have been cooped up inside (rainy weather) once we got them outside in nice weather, they just took off. No one was interested in sitting and drawing. They ran, looked at animal tracks, caught frogs and threw things off the bridge. Everyone had a really nice day.
The grown ups ended the day with martinis on the porch. Instead of the usual olive with pimento, we used olives stuffed with garlic to ward off the vampire bears. I think I should probably be more worried about the haunted spirit of the doll whose gut I tore open, but I am not sure how to ward that off.
Happy birthday girl.
Unfortunately Teddy Roosevelt themed food isn't a lot of fun. So we went with a Halloween Theme for the food.
We made the cake in the shape of a teddy bear (cupcakes - I really recommend this for kid parties - easy serve and no forks). We decided the teddy bear cake looked too serene, so we made him into a vampire.
We went for a walk after stuffing ourselves with baby doll guts, barbie swamp, worms (flank steak strips on skewers) and vampire teddy bear cupcakes. We thought Teddy would appreciate the Wilderness Park hiking trail. Originally we planned to bring paper and pencils and watercolors, but as happens with kids who have been cooped up inside (rainy weather) once we got them outside in nice weather, they just took off. No one was interested in sitting and drawing. They ran, looked at animal tracks, caught frogs and threw things off the bridge. Everyone had a really nice day.
The grown ups ended the day with martinis on the porch. Instead of the usual olive with pimento, we used olives stuffed with garlic to ward off the vampire bears. I think I should probably be more worried about the haunted spirit of the doll whose gut I tore open, but I am not sure how to ward that off.
Happy birthday girl.
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