If you were to say our kids are spoiled, I'd have to argue with you. See, Billy wanted a birthday party and a Halloween party and I said no. Instead he had a Monsters (Halloween) vs. Superheroes (Birthday) party. See...not spoiled!
It was a hit! After planning and replanning, then replanning again; spending 7 hours making a masterpiece cake (well, at least I didn't have to send Rocky on a last minute Fruit-by-the-Foot run to cover up the mistakes this time), and tons of games which we never got around to playing once the Kung Zhu pets came out, Billy had, yet again, "the best birthday EVER!" Which, as it turns out, really isn't a compliment on the planning after all. Simply a phrase he picked up from an Elmo book.
A little cousin rivalry on the doughnut eating contest. Billy abandoned his doughnut as soon as I snapped the photo. Tiffany, however, kept at it for a few full minutes. In fact, only the two girls finished!
Best daddy ever! Even if he is on the Monster side. And even if Alexa is terrified of Daddy Frankenstein.
The hit of the party-Monster Body Parts. Billy is not gullible. In fact, I was just thinking how I'm hoping he doesn't blow Mickey Mouse's cover to Alexa when we take a trip to Disney Land someday. However, judging by the squeals and shrieks, he and his friends really were fooled into thinking the far of grapes were monster eyes, that the spaghetti and oil was monster brains, and the Jell-o was monster guts.
And of course, because this is how things go, I spent hours making a pinata for each kiddo after failing to find a suitable Halloween/Superhero themed one in Helena. The next day I go to Helena and find two. However, each kiddo got their own monster to hit (in Billy's case-the ghost with the one black eye from his favorite scary story). In some cases, the monsters were brought to the ground and pulverized with the broomstick!
I'm going to have to start thinking now if he's going to be having this much fun next year.
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