Look Whooo's TWO!

We had Kuba's second birthday party this weekend, and it was an owl party indeed! We were lucky enough to have a visit from a very real, very beautiful barred owl. Anna questioned me a bit on my idea to have an owl, and I said...some people get bouncy castles, some hire clowns....we get to have a live owl and donate the money to a local raptor organization that rescues birds of prey. The organization is called Outreach for Earth Stewardship and it's very small, very local and very cool. It was smooth sailing after that. If you want to check them out their website is http://www.ofes.org/

We even had a delicious owl cake made by the best cake baker around, Aunt Sandy.
It was so much fun pulling it all together....the kids decorated owl masks, and stamped the front of a little owl book I put together for them with poems and owl songs. Here are a few of the items from the book....

Owl in the Tree
(Sung To: Skip to my Lou)

Owl in the tree says, who, who, who
Owl in the tree says, who, who, who
Owl in the tree says, who, who, who
Who, who, are you?

Owl Song
(Sung To: I'm a little Teapot)

I'm a great big owl, as you can see
I live high up in a tree.
All the other birds wake me up when they play,
Because I like to sleep in the day

Mr. Owl
Late at night when you're in bed,
Mr. Owl perks up his head.
He looks left and he looks right,
In the dark all through the night.
Hear him hoot when you're in bed,
When Mr. Owl perks up his head.

The Owl
I saw an owl.
He sat in a tree.
He opened one eye.
He winked at me.