Since this is, in theory, Claire’s last birthday at home, the girls decided to have a joint birthday party this year. Their choice was to each invite 10 friends for an evening of fun like only high hopes gardens can provide. The night started out with a taco bar under the tent shelter, adorned with lights for atmosphere later in the night.
Emma moves through the food line.
One of Claire’s gifts was creatively wrapped – there was an exterior layer of tin foil and duct tape, a layer of birthday wrap, a layer of saran wrap, another layer of wrapping paper, followed by a final interior layer of duct tape!
Claire also got a real experience as one gift. A friend brought some monarch butterflies and tagging materials and showed Claire how to tag Monarch butterflies and release them to fly to Mexico, where her friend had seen the overwintering place last winter.
After some hearty games of capture the flag over the farmstead, it was time for a big bonfire. Happy 15th and 17th!