'Almost 8' birthday fun..

Noah is a Labour Day baby, which means the poor kid usually has to celebrate his birthday right around the time school starts. It kind of sucks. This year, I got it together with my neighbour to have a combined pool birthday party this week with her son, who happens to be Noah's best friend, and who also has a September birthday. She did loot bags, I did the food, and it was probably the easiest party I've ever thrown. The kids had a blast swimming and playing some fun pool games ( even though it was a tad chilly) and we had the added bonus of built in babysitters with the lifeguards being there to watch them.

A fabulous idea, if I do say so myself! ;p

I'm posting a few photos here, but I'm kind of limited as I don't really want to put pics of other people's kids on the blog, so these will have to do.

The birthday boy, floating with a friend.

Noah adores the outdoor shower. It's probably one of his favorite things about the pool. ;p

We played 'bobbing for apples', the pool version.

The cake. I used to be a great cake baker, but over the years, I've slacked on doing the Martha thing, and it shows!

a sweet handmade card from best friend's 4 year old sister. Awwww.

Lots of Bionicles were acquired, which made this almost 8 year old pretty darned happy. :)

Have a safe and wonderful Labour Day weekend. We're probably not going to be doing much 'labouring' except for a bit of much needed yard work, and hopefully just hanging out in the hammock and enjoying the last few hours of summer vacation. How did it go by so fast?