Cap'n Cam, scourge of the Seven Seas

We are great parents, I don't think I'm overstating it, we rock. Sure Cam's birthday party was a little later than his actual birthday (31 days but whose counting?) but once again, as we did for the girls, we went all out. A pirate theme was settled on and Cam and I dressed for the part as seven of his mates rolled up for three hours of scurvy-free fun. The obsticle course in the basement, followed by a search for buried treasure worked out. Unfortunately the treasure was buried in a huge box filled with 3 cubic metres of bean-bag-balls (my bright idea) and of course the 5-yo's thought it was more fun to throw this than to actually find the loot.One incredible mess later and it was time for sinking some battle ships. The ships, made from foam with paper sails, were the targets for the 50 of so water balloons that we filled (that was fun I can tell you). The weather was a little on the cold side so we did battle in the garage which still contains some of the debris, safe to say that the kids didn't leave any foe on the battlefield, and it took a day to dry the garage out again [grin].Jo out-did herself on the cake front with a sandcastle creation made from cookies-and-cream icecream and crushed buscuits for the required 'sand' effect, Cap'n Jack Sparrow making an appearance on top for good measure. Keeping those kids amused for 3 hours was a real treat, especially after we had handed out foam swords for everyone. At one point I think every kid was trying to hit me as hard as possible at the same time, and they weren't pulling any punches, I tried hard not to cry.Jo and I are glad that our birthday season is now over having organised three fairly complex affairs this year. I'm thinking Macca's next year... Oh and just to make our Saturday complete we then dragged the whole family off to Toronto to help celebrate Rishahb's 1st birthday. Ram and Aruna put on a great night out at The Host, a fantastic Indian restaurant in trendy Yorkville. The kids loved the food and the SpongeBob pinyata, photos posted on Flickr.