Run, Run As Fast As You Can. We're Having a Party in Candyland

Our baby girl turned just turned three. We can't believe how big Claire is getting. This year we decided to have a friend birthday party instead of the family party that we have had in years past.

Her invitations. She had so much fun taking them around to her friends.





The kids had different games they had to play to help them get through candyland.

The first one...
When we play candyland Plumpy was eating plums and growing more and more glum with each bite of his plums. If we were to eat these plums we would grow glum as well and not be able to continue on the path. Therefore each of you will have to smash the plums in order to continue on your way.

Ha Ha...there were only two kids that were willing to pop the balloons...or I guess I should say smash the plums.

The second game....
Lord Licorice has cut down most of the peppermint forest and Mr. Mint is not able to cut down the peppermint trees for whistles and flutes so we will have to grow more trees before we move on.


Jordan and Luke were good sports and let the kids make them into candycane trees using red and white streamers.





The third game
Oh no!! We are stuck in the swamp of molasses and there is only one way to get out of the swamp so that we can continue on the path. We will have to move around a lot playing lollipop lollipop to get all the sticky molasses off.

And then they played the candyland version of musical chairs while listening to 'Lollipop, lollipop'


Then they got to follow the path that led to the table of candy. We ate pizza, sang Happy Birthday to Claire, and opened presents.












Our attempt to get a group photo




And then just when we thought the party was over, the kids decided just to move it to the backyard. They had so much fun.