Joint Birthday Party

We decided to try a joint birthday party for the kids this year, roughly in the middle of their Sept (Asia) and Dec (Ezra) birthdays. November 2nd we had a fun pool party...













Asia spent most of the time going down the cool slide.














Byung playing ball with the boys.














Since it was a joint party I wanted it to be something the kids both enjoy. They are both into Pokemon so I made a poke-ball cake plus cupcakes with a pokemon card as the decoration on each. The kids were thrilled :)














Snack time after being in the pool...














It definitely seemed odd singing Happy Birthday to them weeks after/before their actual birthdays, but the kids had a great time so it was a success.














Note to self: There is no pretty way to cut a ball-shaped cake.














Asia and some of her friends as Infernape (a Pokemon).














The cousins came over for a little "after-party" before heading back to the island.













We had the birthday party guests bring non-perishable food items instead of gifts (Asia and Ezra aren't saints, I assured them they'd both get plenty of presents on their actual birthdays ;).

A few days after the party we headed down to the local Food Bank to bring the 76lbs of food we'd collected. It was a good experience for the kids, they got a little tour and learned that there are a lot of families--most likely including some of their friends from school--who need to come to the Food Bank because they can't afford the grocery store...