To say that my brothers married well is a huge understatement. I love my sister-in-laws like I love my sisters. They are so thoughtful.... Case in point, as we were hatching our plan to drive down to MD to visit Adam, Mari & Des, and Julee, Dan & Ceseley, Mari said that she and Julee thought a surprise "Un-Birthday" party for the cousins was in order. Since being there for our nieces' and nephews' birthdays is challenging, we would just celebrate while we were together. Genius! We blew up balloons, Julee made yummy "Bunny Munch", cupcakes, mini cakes to be decorated by the kids, and came up with some super fun old school party games. Remember the clothes pin drop, pin the tail on the donkey, croquet, and using a water gun to shoot a ball off it's mark? Mari had a prize bucket filled with $1 bin goodies; everyone got something. Nicest moment of the party: Thomas won a prize and chose a Matchbox car to give to Wesley for his upcoming birthday. The punch balls were a favorite item.
It was hard to narrow down the 300+ photos Julee took, but here's a good representation of the kids' memorable Un-Birthday Party. If you don't want the music on, just click on the volume at the top and it will mute. Enjoy...
Icing on the cake was the big reveal at the end of the party....a wheelbarrow full of water balloons. Game on!
Look out Thomas! Christina seems to be enjoying Thomas' fate.
Yikes....there's actual proof that we're mean parents.
Wesley tried so hard to reach the balloons..."A little help here!"
Look out, Wesley's in the game!
Apparently mom is fair game...
THANKS Aunt Mari and Aunt Julee for being the amazing aunts that you are! We love you & we love your hubbies and darling babes too.
Thank you for giving us cause for celebration.
We had a BLAST!
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6 comments:
Poor Wesley,
He kept reaching in and reaching in, but he couldn't reach the balloons. His loving siblings, however, reached the balloons just fine - and he paid the price! But it looked like he had fun trying. (And someone must have taken pity on him eventually, because he seems to be carrying a balloon in one of the pictures.
what a GREAT idea!! I love the cakes...they look just like Alice in Wonderland!
What a fun idea! Your brothers sure picked great women to marry!!
How FUN!!!! I can imagine how happy everyone was to find out it was everyone's birthday. :) I love my sister-in-laws like my own sisters too. My brothers are very lucky.
This is too cool. Leave it to Mari and Julee to come up with a fun idea like that. What a blast and I am so jealous you all got to be together and have so much fun, I wish we were there! Love you guys!
Amanda, I wish you were there too, in fact DC would be a fun place for the whole family to get together someday.
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