A Pennsylvania Birthday Weekend

Last weekend little Jake hit his third birthday, and family and friends gathered to help him celebrate.  As usual, old Auntie Em had fun joining the celebration and being with the family up there.  For a change, the weather cooperated.  We have had weeks and weeks of wet, weird weather.  The birthday weekend was gorgeous--sunny, fall-crisp but not cold, just right for active children to run around outside and delight in it.

Actually we celebrated twice--once at the grandparents place on Friday with just a small cake and candles and then the larger gathering at his home on Saturday.

The party had a western theme--hats for each child and a western theme on the cake.  The pinata was a big hit, and it took a number of hits before it shared the loot with the scrambling children!

 To my amazement, Jen managed to get nine children seated for a picture when you could see all the faces!  Just try to do that to a group of adults!

 Everyone seemed to have a great time!  If you have any interest in more shots from the weekend, you can check the Picasa album. https://picasaweb.google.com/ejoyce2