Jack's Birthday Safari

Jack's preschool munchkins came over for a Jungle Safari. Carolyn REALLY gets into this kind of thing and, while I was initially skeptical, I have to admit the kids REALLY loved it. Upon passing the front door...

each child goes through the Depot, reemerging as a pith-helmeted, bandana wrapped hunter,

completing stations of...

Archery

"Pin the Tail on the Elephant"

"Catch the Tail" (aka "Duck, Duck, Goose")
Musical Chairs

Egg and Spoon Race -

- a personal favorite of Jack's, featured in the delightful story(teaches the virtues of sacrifice and sibling friendship),

each child's passport got stamped

Then on to sandwiches

and chocolate cupcakes (mocca butter frosting) topped with exotic animals

& the group shot

I'm not sure anything has made me as happy and sad as being a dad; experiencing the passing of time through seeing one's children captured in photo frames. We're either collecting all these memories or they're slippping through our fingers, right? Not a moment too soon for Easter!