Dayton's 4th Birthday- Diego Party

Many months ago, Dayton requested a Diego party for his 4th birthday, so we've been planning it ever since.

We handed out these Rescue Pack invitations to a few friends.
Nana made Rescue Packs for all our Animal Rescuers!With an Animal Rescuer patch and pocketOur group of Animal Rescuers:
Tally, Dayton, Evan, Parker, Luke, Bergen, JJ
(Daphne opted out of this photo)

A video of the start of our Diego Rescue Adventure

Dayton was a wonderful Diego during the game. He wore Daddy's old watch and pretended it was Diego's video watch. After each rescue, he told us, "My video watch is ringing with another animal to save!" He came up with the video watch part on his own- very cute.

Helping a bat find his brothers in the bat cave

The kids went up and down the stairs many
times to help each new animal along the way

Each Rescuer took a picture of the animal he/she saved
(here we helped a turtle find the lake)

For the baby chick, we used whistles to scare away the fox

Daphne gave the kitties water, and then took the picture

Using spotting scopes to find baby snakes

How we helped all the animals:
We fed a hungry dog bones instead of candy.
We helped a bat find his brothers in the bat cave.
We helped a bird get back to her nest.
We helped baby bear find his mom and dad.
We helped the turtle find the lake.
We scared away the fox for the baby chick.
We gave the thirsty kitties water to drink instead of juice.
We helped the mommy snake find all 8 of her babies.

At the end we reviewed all the animals that we helped
(great picture, huh? - thanks Derrick)

Then the kids put pictures of each rescued

animal into their Field Journals

Throughout the party, Dayton kept saying, "Mom, this is a fun party!" That made all of the preparations worth it!

Dayton chose this Diego cake- it was awesome!

Dayton waiting to blow out his candles

Everyone sat on the kitchen floor to eat cupcakes
(easy clean-up!)

Daphne eating with her friend Evan

Dayton opening presents

Dayton wearing the Diego vest that Nana made for him;
He's showing me an angry face

Dayton's Stink Face

The weather was warm after the party,
so Dayton and Daphne ate lunch on the front porch

Later we had a dinner party with aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Dayton enjoyed re-playing his Diego game with Mia and Erica
Dayton showed Mia how well he can read books.
This was cute because he used to ask Mia to read to him instead!