Man vs. Wild

To celebrate Parker's upcoming 8th birthday on the 25th, we had a "Man vs. Wild" sleepover with a few of his friends. It was the ultimate boy party--full of mud, bugs, adventure, junk food, farting, and of course, watching Bear Grylls on "Man vs. Wild."




We had the boys dropped off at our local park a few hours before sunset to take part in the filming of an episode of "Man vs. Wild". For those of you who have never seen the show, this guy, Bear Grylls, gets dropped off in remote places of the world and must find his way back to civilization while finding shelter, food, and water along the way. He has been known to drink his own urine and eat raw zebra meat amongst other disgusting things in order to "survive." We decided to put the boys up to different challenges to test their survival skills and had gross things for them to eat once they got back to our house.





Parker "accidentally" fell into the water. Once that happened, the other boys seemed to "accidentally" fall in too. By the end of the adventure, we had 5 stinky swamp things walking back to our house. Thank goodness for hot showers and washing machines!




Cam-Cam climbing the tree like a little monkey.



The boys discovered a "raft" that they could use to go down the stream to find civilization. Parker placed logs underneath it to help it float better--an actual technique Bear has used on the show. Who says you can't learn anything from TV?!?



CJ climbing the rope swing.




We headed home once the boys started to get hungry. We had "authentic" Bear Grylls food for them to eat.










We celebrated with a dirt "Earthworm Farm" cake fully equipped with trick candles.



So, you'd think after all the fun at the park, the half mile walk home, the dance party, and all the running around, the boys would have crashed...NO WAY! They were up until 2:30am and awake by 6:30. By miracle, Spencer slept through it all! The survivors were rescued by their parents at 9am. It was so much fun!