My OLDER husband turned 35 last week. When I asked him how he wanted to celebrate his birthday, he said he wanted a quiet night at home playing games with the kids. I tried to talk him out of it, thinking there was a much more festive way to celebrate the big 3-5, but that is just his style these days. Quality time with his family makes for a happy daddy. But I was still feeling the need to crank his birthday festivities up a notch, so Brooke and I planned a birthday carnival for him at our house (Ali just can't keep a secret). We created four differentgames, printed "daddy bucks" and game tickets off the computer, arranged a prize table, and made him work for his gifts! This sign was ready to greet him when he got home.
The first game.. Pin the Daddy in the Zebra Truck!
Here Steve is trying to stick a picture of himself on the window of the truck while blindfolded.
The Ring Toss (Steve's favorite game to play at a carnival). We raided the pantry and recycle bin for all the bottles we could find and used the ring of a mason jar lid as the tossing ring.
We also had a bean bag toss and a dolphin dunk, but my camera did not cooperate.Then we made one of our favorite family night recipes, deep-dish pizza muffins! YUM!
And sang Happy Birthday over a plate full of funfetti cupcakes (another Daddy fave)!
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