Pirate Party Was a Wild Success
I know this is a few days late, but I just wanted to put my word in to how cool Eli's birthday party was. First off, we got Eli a Captain Hook costume which he absolutely loved. I dressed up in a bunch of ren faire garb and wore my rapier -- basically got all pirated out. We decorated the house in all sorts of cool pirate stuff, and invited over a dozen little 4-year-olds to celebrate Eli's birthday. We did a treasure hunt and had clues and party games, including limbo under the pirate sword and pin the treasure on the map (which all the kids save one cheated at, but that's the name of the game). At a certain point Eli came up to me and told me that 'this is a pretty fun birthday' -- unsolicited praise from the kid is all I need to know I've done my job right. The day ended in a feeding frenzy of gifts leaving Eli with enough pirate ships to be Commodore of his own flotilla.
Dude, I am so pissed I was not invited to this party. I have such kick-ass swords and daggers and stuff, I could have been the Coolest Pirate Evar! And you and me could have had, like, a total swordfight and pierced each other in the eye and gone to the emergency room and submitted the film to America's Funniest Home Videos and totally become fuckin' famous and been interviewed by Letterman and shit! Dammit. You suck.
Dude, you are so right. I should have invited you. We were just crazy and scattered and pretty much only thought to invite Eli's friends from school. However, you could totally bring your pirate stuff over when you come on friday, and Eli would shit himself with happiness. You'd be his favorite person ever.