Parties are for the kids, too

Jordan Strutz celebrates her 13th birthday Saturday
with Janae Schimanski and 20,000 other party-goers

Whatever commercial and municipal purposes behind the annual Party on the Pavement, one thing is obvious: the kids have a great time.

Here are more pictures of them enjoying themselves.

The climbing wall is always popular...

And for those without $5, so was this Case behemoth

Face-painters and paintees were everywhere

These kids occupied themselves painting gourds

Ali Geisler of the Horlick Rebels drew the dunk tank assignment

Sometimes hard to tell who's enjoying the camel rides less...the kids or the camel