Birthdays!

It's been a busy weekend for us.  We had two birthday parties to host.  Neither of which were actually on my kids birthdays.  In fact, they were not on the weekends before or after their birthdays.  

My son turned 9 over the winter.  He wanted to have his party at a box in the Travs baseball stadium.  Obviously they can't play with snow on the ground, so we waited.  And waited.  Then we got busy.  Really busy.  We discovered we waited almost too long and home game dates were getting scarce.  That was why we had both kids parties with in 48 hours of each other.  

My daughter's birthday is next month, but we have vacation plans and VBS plans, not to mention the start of school.  (She'll be going to a school with an extended school year).  So we had her party early.  The party was at her Shay's pool.  She explained to me that if we had it there it would be "free".  Why is it that the "free" parties sure do end up costing a lot:)  

She has every other party at Shay's.  She had #3, #5, and now #7 at her pool.  By this point I can recycle some of the decor.  However, I never seem to remember what I have, and the pressure of "better get it now or they'll run out" or "this may only be seasonal" gets me every time.  So if any of you need pool party/luau/surf party themed stuff, just call me.

Side note:  My least favorite phrase from a chain store employee is "sorrrrrrry, that's seasonal".  Never try to buy a fan in December.  Never try to buy rain boots in August.  These things are seasonal.  Just don't go there.  Even if you really need these items, like you're painting a room and need a fan to help dry it, or if you're going lizard hunting in a shallow creek in August, and you need boots impervious to water so you can wade in said water, just save yourself the dashed hope and save the employee the necessity of  the long drawn out "sorrrrrry" reply.  It's just embarrassing when employees have to feel sorry for you.  Then you want to tell them why you need these items, and you start looking desperate and sad trying to convince them that you're not as much of a goofball as they must think.  Just save yourself the trouble.

Back to my daughter.....

I think she just loves to have her parties at her grandmother's pool to show off her Shay.  She thinks Shay is like a rock star.  She flips out every time she sees her.  It has a way of endearing her to people.  Who wouldn't love their own enthusiastic 6-year-old fan following them around?

We had the parties and they were really fun. Now we can relax and breath easily. In the meantime, please enjoy some photos from both events.

Much love and many laughs,

A