Landin's 2nd Birthday Party

Landin's 2nd Birthday party was Pirate Themed! I had a lot of fun putting it together. Landin loves pretending to be on a pirate ship and fight with swords so we set up a fun treasure hunt/pirate activities for all the kids to enjoy!

My mom and Aunt Lori!

Walk the plank lol...I had something totally different planned for this but when I asked Kyle to set it up I came back to a tiny 2x4 for the kids to walk across lol...Kyle said that he wanted to make it a challenge for the kids lol

Some decorations

Table for pirate tattoos and pirate masks. This is where the treasure hunt started.

Silly pirate photo booth. I was able to make a bunch of props for people to take pictures with. The background ended up being pretty plain after all the other stuff blew away :(

A few of my favorites pictures from the silly pirate photo booth...

Running and playing!

At the end of the scavenger hunt...X marks the spot. Each kid got to 'dig' up their goodie bag. I wanted to make it easy because after all it was a party for a two year old

Nathan squirting his mom and brother with a squirt gun

My birthday boy!

The AMAZING cake that my mother-in-law made. Can you believe that all of that is cake and edible???

So amazing!

Walking the plank!

We love Uncle Tyler!

Landin with all the girls lol

Of course we had to have the giant slip n slide again

Kyle and I made a bunch of pirate swords out of balloons for the kids to have and hit each other with

getting his pirate tattoo!

Cool dude!

This pirate water table worked out perfectly. We had gotten it last Christmas from my parents.

Landin wanted to hang out with our neighbors most of the time lol

Cannon ball toss

Arrrgggghhhh Matey!

Cake and Ice cream time! Dylin slept almost the entire party lol

Missing our little Dylin...he was snoozing still

The endless gifts...

Landin was getting distracted and not very interested in opening any more gifts

Cousin love after the party...Priscilla and Dylin (finally awake)

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