Finally - it is my turn to have a birthday! I have been waiting and waiting to have my knight party! This year I was even big enough to help with the cake. We bought a gingerbread castle and I put on blue sprinkles.
Then I helped add silver sprinkles and do the frosting for the "grass". We took a round chocolate cake then added brownie bites to make it look like a hillside with the castle on top.
Add a mote, a dragon and a knight and TADA - a very knightly cake! I especially like the shiny blue number 5 candle.
We had fun knight stuff for everyone to wear and Mama found this Mega Blok castle to be the present castle.
As friends and family came in they signed my scrapbook page. It had a copy of the invitation on it.
Once they picked out a knight helmet (gold or silver) they got to add their own plume, any color they wanted!
Then we put jewels on out knightly goblets!
After we were done with our crafts, it was time for games! My favorite part. I even asked for specific games this year. I wanted pin the tail on the donkey, but Mama convinced me that pin the tail on the dragon would be better - and it was! We had a three headed dragon and you could pick the color tail you wanted to put on.
After each game we got to pick from the prize castle! There were bubble swords, glow in the dark swords and knight rubber duckies, with a few dragons thrown in!
Next we played slay the dragon! We took our three headed, multi-tailed dragon and worked in pairs to knock him down! We used the cool swords Grandma and Grandpa made from wrapping paper roles, tin foil and duct tape.
The best part was hanging out with friends that I don't get to see all the time and celebrating with friends!
We also played knights and squires - the squires had to dress the knights using tin foil. Of course, everyone wanted to be a knight, so the grown ups ended up being squires, too!
Finally, it was time for the pinata! This was my other special request! Mama found this dragon one and got us a plastic sword to hit him with. Everyone got a turn, but we had to bring in the big guns with cousin Nathan to get it to break! Inside were little dragons, little knights and candy!
After all that - we needed to have cake to re-energize! Everyone sang Happy Birthday and I blew out my candle! Along with our brownies and cake, we had ice cream sandwich walls, grape canon balls in the catapult and pretzel swords! And of course, blue juice for our goblets!
Next came presents! I had so much fun seeing all the cool gifts and feeling so loved!
I told Grandma and Grandpa I wanted a doctor's kit and they came through! There is even a doctor's coat that says Dr. Turner and scrubs.
I got to take everyone's blood pressure and listen to their heart.
I had gifts for my friends, too! Shields and arm guards to complete their suits of armor and a knight stick puppet to color! Each family also got some blue soaps shaped like castles. Yes, soap, not candy!
Birthdays are very special and we celebrate not just getting older, but our whole family! It was a great day and I am very thankful to my family and friends for being a part of it!
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