And then he was 5

In true Joshua form, we had a ghost pirate themed party to celebrate Joshua's birthday this year. We had seven 4-5 year olds and a few younger siblings. They jumped, played games, ate pizza and cake, and everyone seemed to have a great time.

 There were hats, necklaces and eye patches for dressing up.

Joshua's pirate ship, some pirates, goody bags, and a rat.

 Having fun with the jump house.

Food. And a rat.

Joshua giving out the tattoos.

 The cake. I let the candles do most of the work for me.

Blowing out the candles

Our family.

Joshua wanted balls in the jump house. So we got balls. 100 of them.

The pirate theme.

Treasure boxes for the plunder won from playing games and digging in the sand box.

 Decorations

Ring toss with pirate hooks

Pin the eye patch on the Jolly Roger

The pirate plunder pail