Jamie's pirate pool party

Last year Jamie's birthday was the day before we left for Japan. He asked for months to go to the Bainbridge pool for his party. We failed him. So my guilt led me to throw him a half-birthday party which we had last Saturday. It was a pirate party and he invited friends from school, church, and our family. I really tried to go with the whole theme and made a pirate boat cake, got pirate booty and skewered watermelon cubes with sword toothpicks. All the kids had pirate loot bags with eye-patches and and bandana, chocolate gold coins and a few other goodies. I think I had just as much fun planning the party as Jamie did enjoying it!