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13 January 2013




A departure from the usual blog, but we had a really cool 9th birthday yesterday and I'd like to share a bit about it! We are huge Tolkein fans, so a Hobbit party was just
the ticket for Caleb.


"In a hole in the barn there lived a hobbit.  Not a dirty,wet hole, but a snug barn loft..."

Our downstairs neighbor!

 Caleb was Burglar Baggins and his friends were outfitted with dwarf beards.  After a brief description of the the story for those who didn't, the kids were given a map across the Misty Mountains to the Lonely Mountain and Smaug. 
 With the soundtrack playing in the background we blunted the knives and chipped the plates--the kids thought it was hilarious to throw paper plates and bowls around the loft and at each other!
Flying plates!

Troll tag--one was appointed the troll and tried to tag the dwarves.
Bilbo could free them, and game was over when
 the sun came up--flashlight on the troll.
All were rewarded with glowstick swords, "Sting" from the troll's trove

Caleb and his "precious" won from Gollum's game
of riddles in a  cave of black plastic in the eaves.
We then entered Mirkwood forest and ate some chocolate
pretzel spiders.
Burglars had to free the "dwarves" from the spiderwebs
(individual  bags of candy in lieu of a regular pinata).
Last stop: Lonely Mountain. Pin the arrow on Smaug's missing scale to reclaim the treasure (gold and gem candies).  



Bag End cake.  Sadly the house was warm and out chocolate tree on top melted!
Gandalf and the dwarves arrive!
Gifts!  Creative wrapping in Elvish from
awesome Uncle Rick!  Fantastic presents from all-thanks for all the fun things!
Lembas for the journey ahead
 Thanks to our friends and family that crowded 18 people into our tiny apartment and hay loft to make a memorable event for us all.  Blessings to Caleb in his ninth year of life and the beginning of the adventure that lies ahead.  Thanks to "The Given Life" blog for inspiration http://welivethegivenlife.blogspot.com.

 


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