Pirate Party

Malachi turned 5, and we had a pirate party to celebrate.

First, the little pirates made parrots...

Then we climbed aboard our makeshift Pirate ship and

 fired some cannon balls at our enemies (which was really just an empty trash can).

Next we had a relay race to see which team could pick up the most pretzels with their pirate hooks.

Here is Malachi cheering his team on.

This is a pre-party picture of Malachi's birthday cake (a.k.a Pirate Ship).  Take note of Malachi's "pirate face", as he called it.

Singing Happy Birthday...

Malachi received several great presents and he was particularly excited to get this one:

To end the party, the little Pirates had to go on a treasure hunt to

 find their loot. Here they are receiving instructions for the hunt and their first map.

Here they are working together to figure out where the next map, or possibly the treasure, is located.

And another map....  eventually a key was connected to a map which lead them to the treasure chest.

In the treasure chest, they each found their own box of loot.

Even the princess..

Asher was VERY excited about this lollipop.

About 45 minutes later, he had conquered it.

One of our pirates models some of his loot.

And finally, our not-so-scary Birthday Boy Pirate.