Corban Scout’s 6th Birthday!!

I can’t believe it, Corban Scout is six years old.  He has got to use two hands now to show how old he is.  His birthday was on April 15th, but we had his birthday party on Saturday, April 17th.  It is so fun to have his birthday in Thailand because his birthday falls on the national holiday of Songkran.  It is a wonderful holiday where the entire country has a huge water fight for about three days to celebrate the Thai new year.  On the morning of his birthday he got a few presents from his grandparents and from us (spy gear), and then in the afternoon we went and joined in the water fight.  There was also another very special gift on the morning of Corban’s birthday.  An atlas moth in our kitchen.  Some of you may remember a post I wrote about four months ago about the atlas moth caterpillars we had on a tree in our yard.  Wikipedia said they would hatch in about four weeks, but I think it should have said four months.  Anyway, about three months ago I put one of the cacoons on the wall of our kitchen so we could see it when it came out and I think as a special gift from God, it emerged the morning of Corban Scout’s birthday.  You can click here if you want to see pictures of the Atlas Moth.  You can also click here if  you would like to see a full gallery of photos from Corban’s birthday.

On Saturday we had his birthday party here at our house.  It was pirate themed, complete with treasure hunts, pin the “X” on the map, rum (purple kool-aid in plastic flasks), pirate ship pinata, a treasure chest cake and a couple of the pirates even had to walk the plank.  It was a lot of fun and we even had some friends drive all the way from Chiang Mai to be here to celebrate with us.  I asked Corban what his favorite part was and he said the pirate ship pinata (thanks to my sweet friend Camille for getting it all the way from Singapore!).  Here is a slideshow of just a few of the photos from the party or if you want to see more Birthday Party fun, click here.