Combo Package

This year, our family decided to celebrate all of the August/September birthdays together while we were at the beach.  With so many birthdays so close together- it just seemed to make sense.  So basically, in one week, we had FIVE birthday parties.  You would think that by the end of it, we would be really good at singing Happy Birthday.  You would think. 

The house that we rented was directly across the street from the water and it was perfect!  Screened in porch, huge deck with Adirondack chairs, private pool, lots of space…seriously, it was perfect!

Sunrise…

We celebrated dad’s birthday first- and mom fixed a yummy pasta dish and some amazing smores bars.  I have never had anything so yummy…

Trish’s birthday was next and we enjoyed a Mexican fiesta- complete with Sangria and 3 candles on her cookie cake!

Each kid got to pick their own theme/activity for their party day. 

Julianna’s day was first, and she chose a Make-up Tea Party.  So the ladies all worked to make little tea-party sandwiches and treats.  Everyone got dressed up and we listened to ultra girlie “tea-party music”.  Afterwards, we played musical chairs and those who were willing had their nails painted (by Julianna) and fancy make-up put on.  It was quite the production!  We made Bryson’s make-up look like a super hero, complete with a blue mask and a lightening bolt.

Miss Kinley was all smiles in her little tea party dress.

For Bryson’s birthday, we did tie-dye and water balloon games.  Dave and I filled up 200 water balloons for a water balloon fight.  What a blast!  We also played a game sort of like Hot Potato, but with the timer goes off the water balloon explodes on you! 

Unfortunately, the dye from the tie-dying made quite a big mess. But the shirts sure turned out awesome!

Little John wanted to do a scavenger hunt for his birthday, so we split everyone up into teams and sent them out onto the island/beach with a list of clues.  Each team had to take pictures of the items on their list and email them to John’s email account.  In the end we made a slide show of all the photos and voted on the “winning team”. 

In between all of the parties, we spent a ton of time in the pool and out on the beach, playing in the waves and the sand.  We went bike riding, played at the park, had movie night, read books etc…

Yes- that is Sawyer, playing in the ocean while fully clothed- and absolutely loving it.  What a stinker!

Basically it was an action packed fun (and exhausting) vacation.  By the end of it- we were all ready for a nap!

Can’t wait to go back to St George Island!!!