M&K's Karate birthday party

So, M-Moo and K-Wiggles are turning five on November 22 (they're twins, you see).  For their previous four birthdays, this has meant a party the weekend before Thanksgiving, at our house, with whoever was still in town, mostly our friends who happen to have kids, but not necessarily M&K's friends.

Of course, they're almost 5 and they don't really have any friends of their own.  Miss D's friends have younger siblings, but they don't go to the same school as M&K and, well, M&K have each other, so I've been lazy about helping them make friends.

So this year, we decided to have a "real" birthday party for them.  They settled on a karate birthday party, and we settled on Saturday the 13th because there was a better chance that people would still be in town.

Today was the magical day!  The girls had so much fun.  Ten of them at Bobby Lawrence Karate Training Center with our head of school, Mr. Klekas.  They had a terrific time... pizza, karate, cake, presents, goody bags.

Here are some photos (the lighting is notoriously terrible at the karate studio, so the pictures aren't the best, but they capture the spirit!).