Saturday was my little man's birthday party....his first 'friends' party. We started planning and talking about it after we got back from our family holiday in July. I had decided a couple of months ago that we were going to do The Very Hungry Caterpillar theme and he was allowed to invited any friends that he wanted to. He was pretty sure of his choices so we got the invitations printed and ready to hand out.
He took the ones to Daycare that needed to be handed to a couple of his friends from there and that is when he decided that he needed more invitations to hand to more friends. He thought that everyone at school should come to his party. Well, I explained to him that he had made his choices, and that was all the invitations that we had. He would have to wait until next year to invite others if he wished to do so then. He took it very well, and did not put up a fight.
So, it was set. Jazlin, Hadleigh, Reed, Tate and Jonah would be coming to the party...his Birfday Party. Last weekend Curt was away for the weekend, so I had to take Jaxon out with me when I need to go and get stuff for the party. He was all excited to help me pick stuff up. The only problem being that once we got to the store he decided that he wanted to have a Car's theme at the party, and then he thought that he needed to get doubles of everything we picked out...one for him, and one for uncle Justin, because his birthday is the day after Jaxon's. He then thought that after we left the store that we were going to go home and have the party. The poor little guy...it was a very long week of him waiting for his friends to come to his party.
So, finally...Saturday was the day. We spend a good party of the week getting ready for the party. We got our flower beds finally done for the summer. It is sad to say that it took us until August to actually get them done, and I am sure that 6 2 and 3 year old really appreciated how nice they looked! What is even more sad is that we have done absolutely no entertaining at all at our house this summer. We used to have people over every weekend for a BBQ or something, but this was actually the 1st weekend that we were all at home, and not one of us had to pack a suitcase to go away.
At the begging of the party it was raining sporadically, and Jaxon thought that every time it started to sprinkle everyone had to go in side. The down side to this is that after all was said and done not only did I have a tail of toys to clean up outside, but I had a mess inside as well. We had got the pool filled for them, and put some nice warm water in it. We had told them to bring their bathing suits in case it was nice, and they could have some fun in the water. After we ate lunch the sun decided to come out and it actually got nice and hot. We got all the kids changed into their suits, lathered up in sun screen and let them go.
After some play time it was time for cupcakes and presents. 
Basically all the kids just licked the icing off the cupcakes and ate their ice cream and then help Jaxon open his gifts. They were too cute to watch waiting to see Jaxon open the gift that they brought.
The party started at 11, and by 2:30 everyone was gone. It was just the right amount of time to have a good play, have some lunch, dessert and presents. All that was left was the clean up. Thank goodness for my friend Nicole that stuck around to help me out. Curt was in a golf tournament, so he was not around for the party. He was there for the set up, but the clean up was all up to me. Nicole was a great help and we got everything put away and organized.
So, it was set. Jazlin, Hadleigh, Reed, Tate and Jonah would be coming to the party...his Birfday Party. Last weekend Curt was away for the weekend, so I had to take Jaxon out with me when I need to go and get stuff for the party. He was all excited to help me pick stuff up. The only problem being that once we got to the store he decided that he wanted to have a Car's theme at the party, and then he thought that he needed to get doubles of everything we picked out...one for him, and one for uncle Justin, because his birthday is the day after Jaxon's. He then thought that after we left the store that we were going to go home and have the party. The poor little guy...it was a very long week of him waiting for his friends to come to his party.So, finally...Saturday was the day. We spend a good party of the week getting ready for the party. We got our flower beds finally done for the summer. It is sad to say that it took us until August to actually get them done, and I am sure that 6 2 and 3 year old really appreciated how nice they looked! What is even more sad is that we have done absolutely no entertaining at all at our house this summer. We used to have people over every weekend for a BBQ or something, but this was actually the 1st weekend that we were all at home, and not one of us had to pack a suitcase to go away.At the begging of the party it was raining sporadically, and Jaxon thought that every time it started to sprinkle everyone had to go in side. The down side to this is that after all was said and done not only did I have a tail of toys to clean up outside, but I had a mess inside as well. We had got the pool filled for them, and put some nice warm water in it. We had told them to bring their bathing suits in case it was nice, and they could have some fun in the water. After we ate lunch the sun decided to come out and it actually got nice and hot. We got all the kids changed into their suits, lathered up in sun screen and let them go.After some play time it was time for cupcakes and presents. Basically all the kids just licked the icing off the cupcakes and ate their ice cream and then help Jaxon open his gifts. They were too cute to watch waiting to see Jaxon open the gift that they brought.The party started at 11, and by 2:30 everyone was gone. It was just the right amount of time to have a good play, have some lunch, dessert and presents. All that was left was the clean up. Thank goodness for my friend Nicole that stuck around to help me out. Curt was in a golf tournament, so he was not around for the party. He was there for the set up, but the clean up was all up to me. Nicole was a great help and we got everything put away and organized. I have to say though, it is a lot easier to plan and play out a party for a bunch of kids then it has been in years past when we did it more of our friends!!!
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