Canada Day Birthday Party

We decided to have a joint birthday party for the kids on Canada Day which falls in between their big days. Miles turned 5 on June 13 and Izzy turned 2 on July 21. We had a big hockey night in Canada party where guests were asked to wear red and white on Canada Day, which they did!

We took an idea form our friends the Masters and had 4 games to get everyone involved and enjoying hockey. We started with a hockey shoot out where each family chose 2 family members to shoot at the net and try to get points depending on if they could get the puck in the net or hit a milk carton, which was worth more points! (Just so you know Clint had to carry the hockey net home while riding his bike because it wouldn't fit in the car! He got a few weird looks on the 10 minute ride!) This is Snake, Clint's assistant principal having a shot.

Next, another family member played Snock Knock. A golf ball was put in a pair of nylons and attached to the players belt. Without using their hands they had to knock over three hockey pictures on the floor. Lots of fun, thanks Scott!! Sarah and Rochelle represented their families although the fastest time went to Ben in another round!

The kids each got to play pin the puck on the faceoff. We had a very close game with lots of pucks piled on top of each other.

The last game was orange art where each family had to use an orange to create something Canadian. One family came up with a hockey player while the winning team included our exchange family and a bear encounter that Bree (the daughter) experienced on a school camping trip.

Our camera ran out of batteries so sorry there aren't any more pictures but hope you enjoy our party as much as we did!


As lots of you know I spent a bit of time cooking Canadian food from scratch and after some failed attempts some things were scraped because they just didn't work with the ingredients I could find here. I made perogies while my mom was here (which people here have never heard of) and we had sweet and sour meatballs, a baked ham and some side salads for our main meal. For dessert the big guns came out, I made Nanaimo bars, beaver tails and cupcakes. After getting over the name beaver tail everyone gobbled up the desserts and there wasn't much left at the end of the night!

Everyone seemed to have a good time, including the birthday kids! I couldn't believe how much the other kids loved hockey, they were out in the back yard all night and the only injury went to Miles at 9:30 pm which was way past his bedtime.