1 Benji's fifth birthday party! The same day as First Communion, so mommy and daddy were a bit busy! We had friends and neighbors over to play games, shoot hoops, eat cake and enjoy a champagne or beer.
2 Here is an egg and spoon race for kids vs. grownups. The kids were very motivated! At the end I had Ben and our neighbor Brian handing out gummi worms for us to carry back in our mouths. I had the gummi worms in "scratch" - graham cracker crumbs I found in the pantry.
3 Putting worm in mouth!
4 Here comes one of the neighbor boys. We have a great neighborhood - the kids can all run back and forth on the trails together.
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7 Go Lauren!
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9 Nice, Beth! Must be your gymnastics training as a girl.
10 Beth is racing her son here!
11 Daddy got into the act, too!
12 Sam and I are going at it again. He is determined to beat his mom.
13 Running with them??? These are raw eggs! I think I dropped mine. I gave the teams two chances. This is the tie-breaker set.
14 Those kids were fast and they weren't even cheating!
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20 Discussing the rules?
21 Cake and pizza time.
22 Yay! My new neighbor and friend, and her baby girl!
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25 Here comes Ben's cake! He designed it all.
26 Told me what to do and how to decorate.
27 Lighting it.
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29 Ya! 5 lit at least for a minute!
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31 The older boys were so excited for this last prank - Silly String shot at the grownups! I should have gotten way more cans of this!
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33 You can see the excitement here!
34 Poor baby girl got some on her head!
35 Lots of laughs!
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40 Where is Sam going?
41 And the others - off in a hurry to do mischief?
42 Here they come again! See those two boys running?
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44 That was fun!
45 Naughty girl on the table!
46 Yum!
47 The sun even popped out briefly!
48 Sam wanted to cut his own piece. Oh boy!
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50 Gordon turned 1, too! Happy Birthday, Gordon!
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52 Ben has been wanting this set for a long time! He was so excited!
53 Opening other presents from his friends, too.
54 A kite from Brian and Terry - so fun to run with at school!
55 Another neighbor present!
56 Oh, cool! It's the monster tractor I've been eyeing at Bay Hay!
57 He loves how the wheels are squishy and dirty already!
58 Nice card from his friend, all decorated with Lightning McQueen.
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60 Thank you so much for this great card!
61 And a neat flashlight from our neighbors, too! That comes in really handy for lighting the way on the trails!
62 Sitting on the "roosting" bar :)
63 One of the girls said it "Was the best party ever!" I had a great time, too! Thank you for coming!
