Happy Birthday to Brandon

Before I begin, let me just say two things. Number one: No children were harmed in the making of this party. All children were volunteers ;-). And Number two: I apologize for so many pictures...they were so funny I just couldn't choose!!

So, we now officially have another teenager in our home! We have only one child left in the single digits. This is not something I am very happy about. Thanks to Brooke and Ricky for keeping my arms filled with babies. I love you guys!!

Now to explain this birthday party. Brandon has been asking for a "Fear Factor" birthday party since we gave one of his older brothers this type of party a few years ago. The kids absolutely loved it and I recently heard it STILL being talked about. Well, now they have another "Fear Factor" party to talk about. Here is how it all went down.

The first round consisted of eating cold clam chowder with no fingers and no spoons. In the bottom of the bowl was a piece of bubble gum. The first four contestants to successfully blow a bubble proceeded to the next level. They all did pretty well with this round so we moved everyone to the next level.

This challenge was a type of relay race. Each person had to get a mouthful of rotten goat's milk (my recipe-fresh cow's milk, cottage cheese for texture, vinegar for taste, water and a few drops of yellow food coloring) and race down to the other table and fill up a small glass. The first four to fill their glass moved to the next round. This is where we lost the girls. Brooke, shown below, gave the boys a run for their money but in the end the guys won. I guess one could assume they have BIG MOUTHS??!!

Our four winners for the Goat Milk Run progressed to the third round. This round was two-part. First, a ball was tossed into the bucket of choice to determine which scrumptious delicacy awaited our tough guys!

The easy bucket's reward was a kabob of boiled, unsalted chicken liver. The next bucket would bring the lucky winner a kabob of boiled, unsalted chicken gizzard. The final and hardest bucket was simply a kabob of avocado, lime and fresh onion. Oh, one more little detail. If the contestant missed all three buckets he had to eat all three kabobs!

The final results were....Josh had the best throw and he had to eat the lime, avocado and onion kabob. The other three boys missed the bucket and had to eat a little of everything! The first two to finish moved to the final round.

Josh and Brandon ended up in the final round. In this level, each boy had to bob for...no, not apples....boiled chicken feet or I should say a boiled chicken foot. You see, they had to find the one chicken foot that had painted pink toenails! To add a little excitement to the game, the water was ice water! After bobbing for the foot, the contestant had to crack and drink a farm fresh raw egg. Whoever completed this challenge in the least amount of time was the winner. Our final winner was birthday boy, Brandon. He won a grand total cash prize of $10.00. Truth be known, these kids would have played this game with no prize.

Here is the happy Fear Factor Bunch!! I think they will remember this day for a long time to come!

I love you Brandon and I hope you had a wonderful Birthday!!!