TLC In The Kitchen

This past Saturday we had our fifth child’s birthday party.  She wanted to have an animal party and since we have a yard full of animals we decided on a barnyard animal theme.  Of the many, many birthday parties I have hosted for my children, this was one of the best birthday parties ever!

I made the invitations on the computer and told everyone to wear their barnyard best (jeans and overalls).  I didn’t want any one’s good clothes getting ruined.  We invited about 20 children who were family and friends.  We had a great turn out.  All of our children and grandchildren were there and 7 friends from school and church. 

We started off with some basic rules about how to hold the animals and directions for safety and then we let them go.  Each animal pen had an adult to supervise the holding and petting of the animals.  We have two pot-belly pigs, five hens, eight chicks, two horses, two baby bunnies and my grandson brought his big bunny to the party, too!

We showed the kids the beautiful colored eggs our hens lay and then talked about how they hatch and showed the chicks, then we showed them the full grown hens.  The piggies did their one trick.  They sit on command and then look up at you and smile.  The kids loved holding all three of the bunnies.  We decided not to give rides on the horses.  It would have taken a long time, but we did let each child pet Jessie (my percheron/paint mare) and sit on her for a picture.  Joe (my thorough bred) was not happy about being tied up and left out of the fun.  We had a great time with the animals.

After a lot of hand washing, we moved on to cake and ice cream.  I have made nearly every birthday cake for every one of my six children until they were at least 18 years old.  I figure I have made over 80 birthday cakes for my children alone, not counting other family and friends.  My cakes aren’t always pretty, but they are always tasty.  This one was kinda cute.

I think my little one really enjoyed her party.  She had lots of family and friends there to celebrate with her.  Everyone went home with barnyard themed goodie bags.  I think we all had a great time!