It's no secret 'other people's' parties are great; you get all the fun without the preparation and cleanup... but then you also miss out on all the preparation; and call me crazy but that IS the fun part!After Mimi was born I joined a local Mothers' Group, and 4 years later, we still meet on a regular basis. As they were all born a month apart, their birthday parties also come crowding in. Today's 4 year old look ed a treat in puffy pink. It was a BYO-scooter park party, and after decorating the scooters the children zipped around, played pass the parcel and ate too much sugar. Hooray!
At our house we're still busily making clam-shell bunting for mermaids (I'll post the how-to shortly), and Jolly-Roger mini flags straight out of the Pirate Party Ebook, so that there can be a place for Mermaids and a space for Pirates and "no mixing up," says Mimi. We'll see.
And now a short moment of nostalgia; if birthdays do anything, it's to remind mothers of birth-days; the good, the bad, the super bad, and the sheer bliss of holding our newborns; that's my first angel in the corner; ahhh.... memories.
