Bear Party for Brandon

Brandon turned 6 on June 25. He had his first party with friends invited, and his first party that was not combined with Nathan's birthday (June 22). He decided on a Bear theme. I had my kids decorate the living room with all their teddy bears. We have a lot of teddy bears in this house!

When the kids arrived, they made Honey Comb necklaces.

We put all the bears on our big blanket and played "flying bears"--like the parachute game kids play at school. The bear who stayed on the blanket the longest was the winner. We played this twice and they loved it so much that we played it again while we were waiting for the parents to pick them up at the end.

Pin the heart on the bear!

Hot dogs and fruit salad for lunch.

Brandon requested "strawberry blondies" for his birthday cake. They're bar cookies made from strawberry cake mix with chocolate chips in them. Paul turned it upside down out of the pan to make the bear face with candy and cupcakes as accents. Cute!

After eating cake and opening presents, they played "pass the bear" (hot potato). When a kid got out, he got his favor bag.

So, the party was a success. Fortunately our landlord let us use his empty lot near our house for parking. And fortunately Paul was off school to help me pull it all off!