We were fortunate enough to celebrate Derek's birthday this weekend at our house!  The girls wanted to surprise him with decorations when he woke up on his birthday.  I wasn't sure if it was a ploy to stay up later or not, but I said it was fine.  Little did I know what they were up to.  I expected streamers and balloons.
The next morning I wasn't greeted with any balloons or streamers...  instead there were these creatures in strategic locations around the house. 

They are puffles.  Fortunately I know the lingo, so I already know what a puffle is, but it was the most frequently asked question throughout the day as guests and neighbours came over,

"What's a puffle?" 
~Oh, just a pet on the internet game club penguin.  Each colour represents an activity, typically what they like on the game. 

So today we are participating in 'puffle fun'.  Throughout the day we did an activity for each puffle the girls had made.

We 'puffle' bowled.  We actually 'puffle' bowled more than a few times.  This was a definite, come back to game!  The girls had even designed puffle pins, and the stuffed puffles were the designated balls.

 We exercised, jump ropes, chinese skipping, trampoline, laps around the yard.  Puffles are very serious about staying in shape.... (round that is, hee hee)


We bubbled.  Once again, a come back to activity.  Whittaker went through three outfits thanks to his new love for bubbles... or I should say bubble solution. 

There were a few events I didn't manage to photograph; Bicycle riding to the school park, Derek's adventures in two wheeling, Basketball tournament, Awakening our dormant volcano so it could erupt for the scientific puffle!, and obviously some ClubPenguin Computer time to check out how the puffles liked the online Halloween extravaganza in Penguinland.... (I didn't photograph that since I opted out of it, they didn't need my help)

Thanks to a cooking blog I had read earlier in the week, I was prepared to tackle home made corn dogs.  They were a HIT!  I, the one who detests hot dogs and corn dogs approved them.  (Who knew a corn dog could be made with sausages, whole wheat flour, ground flax seed as well as oat and corn flour!)

As for dessert,  a party puffle was on the menu.  For the crowd size we also made a disco dance stage, because everyone knows that puffles love to get their boogie on.  

I decorated cakes while the party goers watched a movie (Megamind - not so puffle related, but a winner with a large crew of boys anyway)