Party Planners

I love to plan my children's parties. Typically they consist just of our family, but we love the celebration just the same.

Joel is having his first "friend" birthday party tomorrow. He has been asked on other occasions if he would like to have a friend party, but he said no, he wanted to celebrate with his brother and sisters. This year he REALLY wanted a party. I think this has to do with the other parties he has gone to this year and the fun his sister had at her party.

I love the joy my kids have about their birthdays and their special cake. It always looks like it was made by a mom, but the kids love them. I also love this year that my basement is totally cleaned and that Matthew has been so involved in planning the party. (Our snow day came in handy!) This year's party theme is Pokemon and Matthew had a Pokemon party when he was in second grade. I asked if we should do Pokemon Bingo again and Matthew said, "maybe we should do something more active". His answer made me smile. He then proceeded to develop a Pokemon obstacle course and cut out 50 keys that the first graders will earn along the way. He also was a great help with the basement, because he was told that the basement had to be cleaned before the obstacle course could be set up.

I have to go get tomorrow's birthday boy at school, but for the record, Anna isn't as much fun to plan a party with! She stuck the black frosting knife into the yellow frosting, cut out pictures that didn't need to be cut, etc. etc. She is enjoying the anticipation of the whole thing, though. She keeps asking if Joel's birthday is tomorrow. Finally, today I could say yes!