My Lil' Marine's 5th Birthday

When my husband was deployed to Afghanistan I wanted to make our little monkey's 5th birthday memorable.

Since Daddy is a Marine Monkey #3 wanted a Marine party.

Using PVC pipes and fabric I made him a tent.

I set up a little boot camp for the kids to go through.  I first had them line up and did a cadence

"I don't know if you've been told

Monkey 3 is 5 years old

We're all here to celebrate

Have some fun and eat some cake"

I made all the guests USMC tee shirts to wear
for the party and to have as a take home

 

 

Then we had some rounds of tug o war
Since I don't fit Daddy's uniforms, Monkey and I
went to local surplus store ad got Momma boots and trousers.

and target practice

Monkey #3 loved cheering his friends on

The first time that Monkey #3 saw a photo of Daddy
and an MRAP he said that he wanted
an MRAP for his cake.  So Momma made an MRAP

Make a wish

I used some of Daddy's gear as part of the decotations.
The kids had fun trying things on