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Saturday, June 14, 2008

It's My Party I Can Cry If I Want To

Today was my younger son's (YS) birthday party. We invited a few of our friends and YS's little friends. My older son (OS) has been really struggling with the fact that his brother is having a birthday. He wants to talk about his own birthday party...in September.

The preparations started out well yesterday afternoon. The prospect of small children wildly swinging baseball bats somehow does not appeal to me, so I wanted to get a pinata that is opened by pulling strings, rather than one that is opened through force. After an unsuccessful search through Target, the boys and I headed to iParty. iParty had a huge selection. Great...until OS, who really likes Disney Princesses, zoomed in on a Princess pinata. I explained to OS that his brother can choose his own birthday pinata. While OS started to protest, YS, as an obedient younger sibling starting whining that he wanted the Princess pinata. I'm probably the only parent of two boys to lose it over a princess pinata. YS ended up choosing an Elmo one.

We got home and my friend Suzanne and her husband were waiting with the Big Giraffe for our return. We had a fantastic evening. Suzanne and hubby generously helped us to sample the candy while we stuffed the pinata. For quality assurance purposes of course!

YS had a wonderful party. The kids enjoyed running through our new Ariel sprinkler. They had a good time with the cake and pinata. OS also enjoyed talking about his own birthday party. YS particularly enjoyed stirring the water in the water table with a giant stick...until we caught him and the stick got confiscated. However, when everyone started singing "Happy Birthday," YS cried. I was surprised because he's usually very easy going and does not get stressed out by small groups of people. I think all the attention got to be too much. Afterwards he was totally fine. In fact I even got to subsequently watch him singing Happy Birthday to himself.

All in all, the party was a big success. I can't believe this is the 6th kids party that the Big Giraffe and I have thrown (4 for OS and 2 for YS). Where does the time go?

Unfortunately, the day wasn't perfect for everyone, although someone else's experience does provide today's lesson.

Suzanne's Lesson Learned: Leaving your GPS in your car at parking lots risks having someone smash your window to steal it. This is particularly bad if you're visiting from out of state.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 9:47 PM   9 comments
9 Comments:

  • At 6/14/2008 11:38 PM, Blogger Lady M said…

    We got one of those pull-string pinatas too - so much safer!

    Glad the boys had fun.

     

  • At 6/15/2008 5:44 AM, Blogger Chantelle said…

    Poor Suzanne.
    Sounds like a great party!

     

  • At 6/15/2008 6:57 AM, Blogger Whirlwind said…

    Sounds like fun. We had Meenie's party yesterday and I can't say I was happy with the facility (I'll post more later)./ The kids had fun so thats all that counts, right?

     

  • At 6/15/2008 9:28 AM, Blogger Tracey said…

    Man. I cannot imagine having someone break into my car!!

    Happy Birthday to YS!

     

  • At 6/15/2008 1:28 PM, Blogger Kami said…

    I am giggling a bit over the princess pinata....I could see me in the same situation. I bet you were a bit relieved when Elmo was the final selection :-)

    And crummy on the GPS getting stolen.

    Happy b-day to YS!

     

  • At 6/15/2008 3:38 PM, Blogger Count Mockula said…

    I love that your kids lose it over the princess pinata. They're awesome.

     

  • At 6/15/2008 7:24 PM, Anonymous CableGirl said…

    Yay!!!! I can comment again!

    Happy Birthday YS! (and happy soon(ish) to be birthday, OS)

    Sorry about the friend's GPS. That sucks.

     

  • At 6/16/2008 9:02 PM, Blogger Suzanne said…

    Thanks for all the sympathy about the stolen GPS. It was a bummer, but we had a really good time visiting the Elliot clan and eating copious amounts of candy and cake despite the small inconvenience. The window was replaced that afternoon, which is more important than the loss of the stupid GPS device, which will be easy enough to replace.

     

  • At 6/17/2008 12:16 PM, Blogger Jen of A2eatwrite said…

    Happy B'day to YS! Oh, I'm so sorry about the GPS, though.

     
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