Brennan's Birthday Mission

This Friday, we had Brennan's friend birthday party at our house.  I invited the kids to a Birthday Mission to rescue animals caught in the wild behind "Camp Pecorino."  We made binoculars as a craft and then headed on the mission in the back yard.  The kids had to save blow fish from the river (the slip and slide), rescue lady bugs from the balloon forest, frogs from the marsh (fiber fill floating on water in a kiddie pool), butterflies caught in the trees and snakes and lizards stuck in slime (jello!)

The slip and slide didn't work out as expected, so we headed straight to the balloon forest.  The kids popped the balloons to rescue lady bug erasers that were hidden inside.  I wasn't sure if they kids would be willing to pop the balloons, but most were into it and were ready to pounce on them to free to lady bugs!

The marsh pool was a hit and the kids jumped right in to save the frogs.

 Next up, the butterflies that needed rescuing.

Lastly, the snakes and lizards.  After pulling them out of the slime, they washed them off in the water table to help save them.  It was cute and the kids seemed to really have fun.

After the mission was completed, they had a blast having a fiber fill fight.  The yard was kind of a mess afterwards!

I wanted to do jungle decorations on the cake, but Brennan was quite insistent on Spiderman.

It was nice getting to catch up with some preschool friends we hadn't seen since school ended.  And, it was nice having Mariah, Howie and the girls in town to celebrate with us!