JJ's Birthday

 We had to have JJ's birthday party early because I am going to be out of town next weekend (which is her birthday). She decided to have a G-Force party (mostly because she is in love with Guinea Pigs). My first mistake was sending birthday cards home without a note. (You see, I am one of those parents that when I get a party invitation from a kid at school, and I don't know them or their parents, I ignore it. Yet I didn't take that into consideration when I had JJ's party.) She was only allowed to invite four friends, and two of the ones she chose were girls from school that I didn't know. I sent cards to them all (I did put on the back to contact me if you couldn't make it), but I should have put in a note to the parents telling them that JJ was only inviting four friends and to please let me know if they couldn't make it. Let this be a lesson to you (Small Bear) put a note in!  Only two friends showed up. JJ didn't seem upset at all and we had a great time anyway, live and learn I guess. Anyway, on to the fun:

I made these really cute invites with "You have been recruited to help the G-Force" I even photo-shopped in pictures of our Guinea Pigs riding a motorcycle and a four wheeler. So---when the girls got to our house they first had to decode a message using their cipher.

Then they had to pass the Spy Training Course:

 First, they had to army crawl through the obstacles (under Nathan's bed), then

 They had to swing across the lake (a blue towel on the floor), Yes, we have a pull up bar in the middle of our hall.

Then they had to balance across the beam.

Then they had to get through the mine field. (They couldn't touch the balloons.)

Then they had to do it all backwards and climb the hill to pull the flag. (A step stool with the flag hanging from the door jam.)

Then their mission began. They had to rescue Speckles from a kidnapper and figure out who the kidnapper was. They followed footprints and read clues. They had three suspects, and they had to decide which one did it.

Here they are beating up the guards that were holding Speckles hostage (punch balloons).

And here they are trying to figure out which key fit into the lock to release Speckles.

And here are the three heroes posing with a photo after saving Speckles. (How do you like the way I made a teddy bear into a mole?)

They all seemed to have a great time and really enjoyed throwing the perpetrator into prison after they solved the mystery.

And of course we had cake and ice cream to finish out the day.

I am pretty proud of my cake. Can you tell what it is?

Ok, I will tell you: It's a magnifying glass with fingerprints!

Anyway, I am really glad it went so well, and that we got it done before school starts tomorrow.

So, we will have the family party for JJ on her birthday next sunday!