With 5 children in this fam., with 5 summer birthdays, we decided we'd celebrate Bailey & Jack's b-days with friends before summer travel to the U.S. and celebrate Carson & Sammy's b-days with friends when we return to Singapore. (We will celebrate Skylar's with family in the U.S.)
So, Bailey's party was scheduled for Friday, May 25 from 7-10pm.
It was a Capture The Flag/Scavenger Hunt/Amazing Race/Water Fight/Swimming party. Bailey invited 30 friends and 3 of them couldn't attend because they had a dance rehearsal that night. The other 27 of them were there. That number turned out great because that made 3 teams of 9 people each. We sent out an e-mail with the list of teams to everyone a couple of days before the party so they could dress in that color. The teams were Bailey's favorite colors: purple, orange and blue. I even ordered personalized M&M's in her fave colors:
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| How cool is it to have an m&m with your face on it? |
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The downtown kids all arrived by mini-bus
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| They arrived ready to play! |
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| Weather was perfect that night...no rainstorms! |
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| Mike was head referee. |
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| Orange Team |
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Purple Team
Luc Bradford's sweatshirt looked a little bit warm for this party so we found him a purple shirt to wear. |
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| Blue Team |
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| Getting ready to play |
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| Bailey hair flip |
The Capture the Flag games were played first, with Mike as the head referee.
Then it was onto the Amazing Race where each team had to complete 12 tasks in the neighborhood with the goal of being the first team to finish.
One of the tasks was to build a pyramid with your entire team in it:
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| Purple |
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| Orange |
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| Blue |
Another task was to have one member of your team eat one bite of durian (I had to watch them eat & swallow it.)
Eli did a great job of chowing down his durian.
Britta got the durian out of the garbage can so she could try some. She didn't hate it.
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| Another task was to write YMCA with your entire team on the street. |
There were extra points added for the team if each person jumped into the pool. I think every team got their extra points.
With that many kids in our tiny pool we were concerned that there might be an accident.
There was a pretty good one. Nick got a bloody nose and a cut on his eye. His friend Jacob was the one who wacked him (accidentally).
Bailey and Mady.
It's hard to believe that Bailey is 12. She is so joyful to be around and she chooses fun friends. Can't wait to see what the theme will be for next year's party!
1 comment:
Can I be 12 again and be her BFF? Because this seriously looks like so much fun. She is a darling girl. I met your friend, Alyson, and visited with her last Sunday. She came to our ward. She's so sweet and it was fun to make the connection.
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