Ethan had his 6th birthday party yesterday, although his actual birthday is not until tomorrow.

He had 6 friends over for the afternoon. The theme was SpongeBob SquarePants! Who lives in a pineapple under the sea … 

* There were presents.

* There was party food.

* There were games.

Pin the tie on SpongeBob was a lot of fun. I had drawn a giant SpongeBob on a piece of polystyrene, which was super easy for the kids to push the pin into.

Rob put together SpongeBob’s Treasure Hunt and he did a fantastic job. No surprise there, as this is truly his element. He loves kids, games, and having fun! All the clues related to SpongeBob and his friends who live in Bikini Bottom.

He also had the brilliant idea of tying all the boys together on a long rope while they did the treasure hunt. Each person had a turn being the “leader” at the front of the line, and they got to read the clue to the others. Then they would go to the back of the line and someone else would have a turn at being in front.

And of course there was the old favourite, Pass the Parcel.

* There was marshmallow toasting on the back lawn.

One of the mums commented on this activity being “such a boy thing to do” when she came to pick up her son. It was Rob’s idea (of course!) and all the kids loved it. They were so surprised when they went outside and saw the fire! Definitely the highlight of the party.

* There was cake.

I was happy with how the cake turned out. Ethan thought the nose was wrong (it should have been “sticking out”) but other than that, he was really happy with it.

I should probably mention the small crisis involving yellow food colouring (or lack thereof).
Tyler and I did the grocery shopping on Friday and bought all the party food. I was positive that I already had yellow food colouring at home, so I didn’t write it on my list. But when I got home, I discovered I had red, blue and green liquid food colouring (3 bottles of each?!), as well as red & black powder food colouring. No yellow. So after school on Friday, I stopped by the local cake shop to buy some yellow powder. They were all out of yellow. I went up to Foodtown later that evening and they had SOLD OUT! I rang mum; she didn’t have any yellow. I rang Christi; she wasn’t home.
I was feeling slightly panicked. I knew I had NO TIME the following day to go on a hunt for yellow food colouring, because I was going to an all-day seminar. The next closest supermarket to our house is 15 minutes away. I didn’t want to drive all the way down there and find they didn’t have any either, so I rang first. Luckily they had plenty, and I was able to nip out during the seminar lunch break and pick some up. Phew! 

* And at the end of the day, there was a very happy (albeit tired!) little boy tucked up in his bed, looking forward to Tuesday.
Looking forward to finally being 6.

P.S. I have to wish a big Happy Birthday to my little sis! Leah, I hope you have an awesome day! I love you so much – see you at Ma & Pa’s tonight.