Summer of Fun -- Birthdays

My giant sea otter and friends

This is a summer of birthday fun. We started the birthday party extravaganza earlier this summer when we attended Col's college roommate's daughter, Ella's, birthday.   (http://tccmkane.blogspot.com/2012/06/some-random-photos-and-ellas-birthday.html)
We had a relatively short travel time there and had a lot of fun at a cookout party at Bear Park in Delaware.   Ben, Colleen's cousin's, Jackqueline, son celebrated his 6th birthday a couple of weeks ago.  I threw in some pics from the party.  The kids had a lot of fun and that, ultimately, is what it's all about, right?  Well, the adults had a lot of fun, too, so it's a win/win.

There was a small inflatable pool, some outside toys (a slide and an inflatable jumping thing), balls, a sno-cone machine, a pull-tab pinata, face painting (thanks to Aunt Bet), and a "pin-on-the-mustache Mario" game with all the kids.