Ted's Birthday

We celebrated family friend Ted's Birthday last night.  This is the art Ella made that greeted him at the door, I did the writing:

Zoe and Ella love Ted and think he is so funny.  They had a lot of ideas for celebrating his birthday, and having him do a Birthday Treasure Hunt was at the top of the list.

Clue One:  (art by Zoe)

Ted reading his clue ....

.... and using the clue to find his second one:

Clue Two: (also made by Zoe)

Finding the next clue .....

.....  Clue Three:  (which was made by Ella)

Reading that clue .....

..... and off to find the final clue, with help from Zoe .....

Clue Four:  (created by Ella)

The final clue where Ted found his Birthday Hat .... 

.... and handmade birthday cards.

The Birthday Boy with Ella, Grampa, Grama and Zoe ....

.... and with me!!  (Tom was at work).

The girls also thought Ted would like a pineapple-upside-cake, which he did (we all did actually).  We forgot to buy new candles so we found 6 old ones and put them on the cake, counted by 10's, and then added a number 5 candle, which gave us the total of 65 --- Ted's new age!!

Ted making a birthday wish ....

..... and blowing out the candles!

 The fun didn't stop there --- Ella and Zoe also thought Ted should have some birthday tattoos, which turned out to be his FIRST tattoos!  They chose two hearts for him -- I was the tattoo artist : )

And the grand finale of the evening --- jumping on the trampoline!!  Ted wasn't too sure about this idea, and actually didn't want to do it, but he grudgingly went along with the plan and then stayed in this position the whole time ....

.... even when we jumped tiny jumps around him : )

He was a good sport and the party was a success!!

Happy Birthday, Ted!  We love you!!