Party is over!

Shew. This is a lot of work. I'm a dud of a mom when it comes to kid's birthday parties but we did have fun. Eighteen kids....six adults....in a house. It worked.

We had Narnia decor/knight decor everywhere.We chose activities that would involve the older (16, 17) and younger (2) kids. Our first game was charades. We mixed the kids up so there were a variety of ages on each team. They each acted two out. (Susan and Lucy ride Aslan to battle)

After charades each team was given a basket of odds and ends and told to pick a man from their team, knight him, dress him for battle and make a banner to fight under. They were cute. I was amazed at how well they did. . . "Duct Tape - a Knights secret weapon". We all got a enjoyed watching Sir Eli the Great attacking Sir Jordan the Brave during roll call. Sir Jordan had one minor disadvantage...his team mates had made his sword out of duct tape and it was taped to his belt....BUT he had a great shield which proved very useful.

All the knights (including the female knights) then headed outside for a round of sword fights. This was a highlight of the day. I got a kick out of seeing Josiah and Sgt. S going at it...the little kids enjoyed this one as much as they did. {G}


Jamin had made up clues and planned a treasure hunt - well a witch hunt.
The clues led the children to find Jadis - the white witch and bring her back to Cair Paravel where we celebrated the triumph of light over darkness. Jadis is a fool. Aslan Rules!We had cake, brownies, juice and milk.
The boys opened their gifts...
Goodie bags with the Narnia toys....and it was time to go home....we survived and actually had fun. I think everyone who came had a good time.

It was pointed out that the Narnia movie will be out on dvd in April and we need to have another Narnia party and view the movie when it comes out. I think we will. I didn't use half the ideas I found on the internet...we could make cards that compare the Bible and the Narnia books and laminate them for each family to take home. Someone suggested an industrial bag of popcorn...I guess we could break the "eat in the kitchen" rule for Narnia. We'll see.

Mike did make it home for the party and then he and John both headed back to work.