This past week we celebrated Adam's 7th birthday. It's sometimes hard to believe he's been around that long already. We sure enjoy having that young man in our family. His birthday was Wednesday, Feb 22nd (George Washington's Birthday as he reminds everyone). On Wednesday we had a small family celebration with cake and ice cream and gift unwrapping.
On Saturday, he invited 5 friends from school for a party. The theme of the party was "A to Z Mystery". For those of you not up on the latest in child chapter books, the A to Z Mysteries are a set of 26 books (one for each letter of the alphabet) featuring some child detectives solving various mysteries.
At the party, Adam received a letter from Dink Duncan (the star of the A to Z Mysteries) describing a recent crime that Adam and his friends had to help solve. Somehow, the famous Mo Ying statue had been stolen from a nearby museum and ended up hidden in our house! Luckily, the kids at the party got fortune cookies with messages that directed them to hidden clues and ultimately to the hidden Mo Ying statue which they valiently recovered. Little Bubba Joe (Ben) turned out to be the criminal. He had hidden the statue in the fireplace.
Okay, so that was the grand plan. In the end, the mystery solving degraded into just a bunch of wild maniacs running loose in the house tracking down every wild notion they could imagine. The kids ultimately did solve the mystery, but it took some significant directing those of us in the know. Also at the party, there was a piñata and lots of other fun games.
All-in-all, I think Adam had a fun birthday. He completed his collection of A to Z Mysteries (he now owns all 26 and has read nearly all of them) and got numerous games and other great gifts. The whole family had fun celebrating with him. On to Lizzy's birthday (next Saturday), then we'll have made it through our busy birthday season.
5 comments:
Man, that really is a busy birthday season! Adam's birthday sounds like it was a ton of fun! It sounds like you did a lot of work and planning and I can only imagine that the kids had a fabulous time. 7 years sounds so old! It's really hard to believe that he is that old and will be getting baptized next year! Wow!
How fun! Did the famous MoYing statue get returned to the rightful owner? Or maybe destroyed in the chaos? Happy Birthday Adam!
That sounds like you put a lot of effort into it Tammy! I'm impressed.
Happy Birthday Adam!
Wow that does sound like a fun party! Happy Birthday Adam!
happy birtday Adam, sounds like a fun party. The picture of Ben with cake on his face and hair reminded me of your mother when she was little. She was pretty messy.
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