This Pirate Party for Girls was originally hosted by Jenny from Listen to this…
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It’s always fun to get pirate party submissions and open them up and see GIRLS! Love the walk the plank game. Too fun!
Enjoy this pirate party…..
Hazel’s Big Day came with much anticipation! We have been planning her Pirate Party for some time now, it was so exciting for the day to finally be here!
We set out early to decorate the yard pirate style! We added nets to the play structure and flags and balloons everywhere.
We even found a Dora Pirate ship earlier this week….
I made pirate bandanas and sashes for all the pirate guests, as well as eyepatches.
Hazel was so excited, trying out the plank while waiting for her friends to arrive.
Once the girls got there they immediatly made up games on the plank, the kids at the end were the alligators!
Such sweet little pirates!
We had a game of pin the treasure on the X.
Look closely, I think they may have been peeking!! Sweet little Willa wanted to play too, she was the only one who didn’t know how to peek.
Next we played a treasure spoon race with golden coins.
Lastly the kids followed picture clues all around the yard to find the hidden treasure!
The kids had fun playing around the yard as well. They seemed to be making up mostly pirate themed games…although I did hear them referring to themselves as “pirate princesses”!
We made treasure boxes with little shells in the lid, they were very pleased with how pretty they were.
They also got to fill their boxes up with treasure jewels.
We had a yummy lunch of pirate ship hot dogs and watermelon (and of course cheetos!).
For dessert we had pirate birthday cupcakes!
After lunch Hazel opened the gifts her friends had bought her, so fun!
The last activity was the pinata….it took them nearly 25 minutes of beating with a stick to get it to finally break open…and that was after Branden finally took a few swings at it! Unfortunatly all that hitting broke most of the candy to bits. Fortunatly most of the kids found this hilarious!
Willa didn’t like the noise from the pinata hitting!
I’m so happy my little Hazel had such a fun day with her friends! Happy 5th Birthday Hazel!
Zune and iPod: Most people compare the Zune to the Touch, but after seeing how slim and surprisingly small and light it is, I consider it to be a rather unique hybrid that combines qualities of both the Touch and the Nano. It’s very colorful and lovely OLED screen is slightly smaller than the touch screen, but the player itself feels quite a bit smaller and lighter. It weighs about 2/3 as much, and is noticeably smaller in width and height, while being just a hair thicker.
The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod’s. It works well, but isn’t as fast as Safari, and has a clunkier interface. If you occasionally plan on using the web browser that’s not an issue, but if you’re planning to browse the web alot from your PMP then the iPod’s larger screen and better browser may be important.
Sorry for the huge review, but I’m really loving the new Zune, and hope this, as well as the excellent reviews some other people have written, will help you decide if it’s the right choice for you.
Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass’ favor.