Bob's Birthday Party.....

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Was so much fun! In attendance: Bob, Arthur and Eddie. GW female, "Keli", about 5 months old. GW baby female, "Oggie", hatched in March. BG male "Bizbee", age 9. BG male "Ikone" (not sure if that's spelled right--it's pronounced "eye-CON-knee"), age 2 or 3. BG female, "Bandit", age 14. U2 male "Ozzie". 2 Caiques, "Skittles" and "Otis" (I think), and one BFA--name unknown. Making a cameo appearance was baby Scarlet Macaw, "Sunny" :-).

Featured food and fun for the birds: Cranberry orange muffins, apricots, walnuts, sunflower seeds and granola. For the humans, cake and apple juice (apple juice was generally shared with the birds, as everyone liked it!). I did catch people nibbling on the birdy muffins, tho' :-).

And the biggie--a kiddie pool filled with popcorn, peanuts, and many, many assorted foot toys. Nuts wrapped in tissue paper. Plastic alligators and dinosaurs. Rings, balls, rollers, donuts, knobblies. Enough to keep birdy beaks busy for a long, long time!

Some of the birds (like Bob and Arthur!) were afraid of the kiddy pool fun. Some had a great time--especially Bizbee, who sang his heart out for his person while reveling in popcorn "showers" and peanut shells :-). U2 Ozzie was way too "above" "silly kids games" in the pool. The caiques had a grand time! Keli was nervous, and Oggie hung out like she spent everyday in a pool filled with popcorn!

Later, we lit the birthday candle on Bob's cake, and most of the people in the store sang "Happy Birthday" to him. We cut the cake, and anyone in the store who wanted some had cake and juice. As the party wound down, Arthur started getting VERY clingy, making cleanup a bit of a hassle. I passed him off to Z, who immediately got a bad bite and a big welt from an unhappy Arthur. I spent the rest of the time holding the tired baby GW, while Z cleaned perches and another guy played with the vacuum cleaner--he was having a blast! LOL!

In the end, we packed up, cleaned up and went home. I think a great time was had by all. I have to make sure to send the owners a Thank You card for allowing us to have Bob's party at their store. Mostly, though, I want to extend a HUGE Thank You to Deb and Letitia, who were working today, and helped us make the party run smoothly. Thanks, Deb, for the pool and the loan of your popcorn popper. Thanks to both of you for helping us have a great time and putting up with our mess and madness!

And most of all--HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, BOB! I love you, you silly blue goon :-).

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Here are some photos, to start. Pix of the party participants included, from front middle, to left to right....

Bizbee, Ikone, unknown BFA and Bandit (on the man with the hat), Bob and Arthur:



Another pic of the crowd, including Letitia's U2, Ozzie:



The Three GW Stooges, left to right, Keli, Oggie, Arthur:



Here are Ikone, Bob, Arthur and Keli:



And here was the decor and some of the munchies shared by humans and the fids that own them:

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Oh, boy, did the birds have fun in the pool. Here are some pix of them enjoying themselves....

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Here are the birdy participants, and their people, where I could get them in the pix...

First, of course, the Bird of Honor, Bob himself:



Here are Rob and Bizbee:





Here are Bandit, her person, and the BFA:





Ozzie, being held by Letitia:



Z's beloved Eddie, looking absolutely adorable!



Ikone and his person. The caiques with theirs:







Keli sleeping--how cute!



And the baby Scarlet Macaw, "Sunny" (my nickname--I don't think it's actually got a name, yet):

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Here are just some miscellaneous pix from the party: Bob doin' stuff, including showing me his backside while he plays with Arthur, showing off his cake and eating frosting (bad me, I know, I know...) from a fork. Eddie is enjoying a drink of apple juice. Ikone is playing dead, and a view of an awful lot of macaw tails :-):

















I hope you enjoyed the pix of Bob's special day :-).

[bekfreak]

Bob and everyone looks great. Nice pictures of all the FIDs, and he deserved the icing!

[Regina U.]

Wow...what a GREAT party. Happy Birthday Bob!!!!!

That was one fantastic Party...best one I have ever seen.

[candi4me]

WOW that looks like it was the best party ever. One of those the fids will be talking about for awhile. The pics were great. Happy birthday Bob.
Candy

[angie]

What wonderful pictures!!!
My guy and I just went threw them all.
And we both wish we could have been there.....
Ohhh,how much fun you all had.....

[willowbirdy218]

Wow!! That party must have been awesome!! I'm glad everyone had fun-birdies included! Great pictures! Happy Birthday Bob!!