All Things Supercinski

Josiah had a pirate party last weekend in honor of his fourth birthday. We originally planned to have his three sets of grandparents present for a small and simply family party, with lots of fun games. Two sets of grandparents were unable to come at the last minute, so we invited our homeschooling buddy. It was such a fun day!

Our little pirate:

Our big pirate:

Yes, Thomas dressed up as a pirate. It was hilarious, and thankfully none of the kids were afraid of him. He borrowed the costume from a coworker.

Josiah and his pal had a lot of fun with the games. We had a bean bag toss into a treasure chest, pin the flag on the X of the treasure map, a coin hunt (coins hidden all around the room, the kids hunted them, this was great for Annalise and her little pal), walking the plank (pictures below) and a treasure hunt. For the treasure hunt, I gave them a clue which led them to their next clue and so forth until they found the treasure. For example, “Even pirates have to eat. Look for your next clue in a place where your family keeps food.” It was taped inside the refrigerator. Their treasure was a chest full of party favors. Here is Josiah walking the plank:

I had too much fun burning the edges of this paper greeting:

The birthday boy with his pirate ship cake.

And another shot of the cake. It was much easier than I expected.

It was so fun! I’m glad we are still keeping the parties simple–I’m not ready to entertain masses of kids yet. Just keeping these two in line was hard enough. :) They are sword-fighting here: