Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Royal Birthday Fair

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We had a combined family birthday party for Eli and Cori this year with a knight and princess theme.  It was lots of fun.  We made the same castle cake that Mom used to make for us and Sir/Uncle Doug was nice enough to welcome the guests to the royal birthday fair.

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The knights decorated their helmets at the knights armory and the princesses decorated tiaras at the princesses jewel room.  Then we headed outside for pony rides!

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Aunt Caroline’s friend brought her pony Wonder.  Cori jumped right on to ride.  Eli was nervous for a while, but once he got on he loved it.

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The knights and princesses used a sword made by the king to slay the dragon piñata.

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Then it was time to eat cake and play.

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Cori and Eli sat in their thrones to open a few gifts, but we asked people to bring canned food items for the needy of the kingdom in lieu of gifts.

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This is Eli donating the food.  Sara Lee also donated a loaf of bread for each item we collected.

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