June 8, 2014
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Étienne's Eight Birthday Party
Étienne turned eight on Wednesday! Here is the traditional mother-child birthday photo:
Saturday was the birthday party. In a fit of insanity, we agreed to let him invite his entire second-grade class. Luckily, only 15 said they would come, and only 13 showed up, but that still meant 14 eight-year-olds running around our backyard.
Our friends Kyle & Richard visited from Denver, and Kyle helped set up a tie-dye station for the big activity. Here the kids are ready to dye, and Kyle demonstrates how to tie up a tshirt.
The kids squirted dye on the tied shirts. Here are all the finished shirts curing in the sun.
Veronica invited two of her friends to help wrangle eight-year-olds, telling them they could dye shirts as well. Dye hands!
After tie-dying, the kids played in the backyard. Duck-duck-goose, and bubble machine!
Carl enjoyed being on the girls team...
Birthday cake, with very loud singing.
All the kids got to take home their dyed shirts. We'll see how many wear them to school tomorrow!
Comments (1)
Looks awesome! Happy birthday, Étienne! Good to see Carl & Roni helping out, and so nice that Kyle & Richard could be there. What great memories you'll all have.
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