We survived the 6 year old’s birthday party!
Let me explain…usually we host his (pup’s) parties at some place like Kids N Motion. They let them run loose in rooms of oversized, inflated slides and bouncing room. It’s loud. The kids get over heated and more accidents occur. It’s hard for the parents to hear and in the second room, it’s even harder to keep track of them because of the layout of the room. They get pizza and cake afterward, and some sort of colored, flavored drink (never really sure what’s in those things). It can also run you close to $400 or more for 25 kids or so. If there’s enough left over, the parents might get to sneak in some pizza as well.
Theme Parties
This year, we hosted here. And by here, I mean 20+ kids running through my normally quiet house. We don’t run through our house except on rare occasions, and there is certainly no yelling or screaming. You want someone, you come find them. I’m a Holistic Health Coach and trained Hypnotherapist…our house is very calming and relaxing. So yes, we all agree I’m insane (it’s the voices in my head, really it is…) to have the party here, but hey, I managed to host for under $200 (saving money always a plus) and pup wanted to have his friends come over here this time.
With our son’s recent addiction to all things Mario related, we had a Mario & Luigi birthday party. Removable stickers still grace the walls of my house. And somewhere, somehow, we lost four of the coin stickers, pup is most annoyed.The cats hid (wise of them as the little ones really wanted to pull on fur). The cake was a challenge. He ended up selecting a plainly decorated one and we just added some of his Mario & Luigi figurines to the top. Hey, they’re washable.
The results of the party?
Resounding success. No injuries, no meltdowns, no screaming (after I got after them all the first time) and no pizza! Our little guy won’t touch the stuff (and no, I’m not so sure he can be MY son and not like pizza), so we had a hot dog party followed by cake. I had 2 games planned, but they were needless. The kids just ran through the house, played on the PlayStation and generally entertained themselves and allowed the adults to chat and relax. And, I only had to take away the play weapons once. Easy clean-up, and thank god for one of my friends for running back to her house to get cups. I usually plan better.
This was after I’d done a 3-hour Health & Wellness Fair at the Four Seasons. Had to pitch my voice louder there (55+ community) and then loud again for the party. So what did I do with my evening? Pop-Pop came and got pup. Nick headed out to sing his heart out at a show. I snuggled down on the couch and watched Serenity.
Course, I completely forgot about the time change, so I’m a little off today. At least, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!
