gettin' medieval on ya

Lastborn decided that he wanted the sandcastle cake on the cover of Family Fun magazine for his birthday party. Our first idea was to have a beach party. Then Lastborn struck on Medieval. Great idea.


We found nerf swords online for only $2.95. I decided I could make up shields from poster board and duct tape. The boys could decorate them. Lastly there was the joust. What's a good medieval games without a joust. I figured out that pool noodles would make a safe lance, but what about horses. Wouldn't do much good to have the boys run at each other with a pool noodle, would it. Eureka!! Hop balls. We have 'em. The boys never use 'em. Perfect.


Lastborn only invited 4 boys and only 3 showed, so it was a very manageable crowd. The boys had a great time decorating their shields. I found some coloring book pages on line to use as symbols; a dragon, a lion, a bear, a couple of griffins. I got out some crayons so they could color in the field. They had a great time drawing and cutting out the pictures.


They loved the nerf swords and enjoyed being "dubbed" by the queen of the festivities (moi). Then we broke them up into pairs to sword fight. It soon turned into a milieu with all 4 boys attacking each other.

Then we moved onto the joust. Staying on one of those balls is as hard as staying on a horse. Even Firstborn and Dr. Phil from across the street joined in on this one.

After games outside, we proceeded in for presents and cake. They all had a great time and they were excited to bring their swords and shields home.

Best quote of the day for Mom? Wow! Look at that cake.

Best thing for Lastborn? Swords.