Lucky's birthday was back in July and Ace's is coming up in November. I was hoping to start doing nameday parties but we ended up being out-of-town and when we returned the Dormition fast began and I never got the chance. It's also about 100 degrees every day in the summer so I figured I would wait until the weather cooled off a bit and have their party together.

So that's what we did last weekend. We had a fall carnival birthday party in our backyard for all of our friends and family. It was a hit with the kids and everything was so inexpensive, all we really had to spend money on was the food.

Here are some pics:

When each child arrived Ace and Lucky gave them a little bag of popcorn. Then they ran around and played while the adults got a chance to chit-chat. We grilled hot dogs and made some homemade bbq pork sandwiches with lots of fixin's.

Then we started the games. Ace and my nephew Michael passed out tickets to all the kids who played each game and the winners earned extra tickets.

First they bobbed for apples...

Then they had a potato sack race and then played a fun game of pin the tale on the donkey...

They used them to "buy" cotton candy, soft pretzels, and candy apples.

Some rain clouds hovered overhead for awhile and I got a little worried it would rain but it never did. It was a beautiful day.

Later on that night we had a hayride and a campfire where we roasted marshmallows and read stories.

It was a great day. The boys were plumb tuckered out by the end of the night. They took their baths and fell right to sleep.

Happy birthday boys!!