Party like its 2006!
What a weekend! On Saturday, we had Lauren's birthday party. Let's start with party preparation.
Unlike last year, Debbie and I were not nearly as prepared. I don't know what it was, but this birthday seemed to sneak up on us a bit more than usual. As late was Wednesday, we had yet to order the food or the cake. Can you imagine? Three days before the party and Mrs. Planner had yet to order these things!! (What ... you expect ME to do the planning? pbbt!) Fortunately, we knew what we wanted to by Thursday, 10 am, everything was ordered ... or so we thought.
Come Saturday morning, it was time to go pick up everything. Balloon and cake pickup went without a hitch (except I forgot to pick up the ice, but I blame Debbie for that ... I have yet to create a reason why, but I'm pretty certain she is at fault). Picking up the sandwiches provided some pre-party excitement. After announcing you are there to pick up a catering order, the last thing you want to see is a blank stare and a horrified look, followed by the question "When did you place the order?". As it turns out, they did not have the order and there were no platters waiting for me. This is why we schedule a pick up for 2 hours before the party. It allows enough time to correct a mistake like this one. In fact, they were able to produce 2 complete sandwich platters per my request in 15 minutes. Crisis averted.
Despite a little pre-party meltdown over balloons, Lauren was a gem the whole day. She took a little bit warming up to her cousins again, but once the play time began, she had a ball. For those who have not been to a child's birthday party, there is one important fact to know. There will be one present that brings the present opening to a screeching halt. It is the one toy that captures the attention of every child there and makes them want to have it opened immediately. That present this year was a tumbling Tigger. One squeeze of this orange ball of energy's nose would send it somersaulting down the rug all to a MC Hammer like tune. The best part was when the kids had moved on to other things, the adults all stood around this contraption marvelling at his mechanized acrobatic feats.
Everything else went pretty smoothly. Lauren was pleasant and cooperative opening the presents (except when she couldn't find her cookie). Everyone seemed to enjoy the food and there seemed to be enough for everyone without too much to create leftovers for a week.
That was a lot of writing just for Saturday so I'm going to end this post here. I'll talk about Sunday in the near future (hopefully tomorrow, but I'm not promising anything).
Unlike last year, Debbie and I were not nearly as prepared. I don't know what it was, but this birthday seemed to sneak up on us a bit more than usual. As late was Wednesday, we had yet to order the food or the cake. Can you imagine? Three days before the party and Mrs. Planner had yet to order these things!! (What ... you expect ME to do the planning? pbbt!) Fortunately, we knew what we wanted to by Thursday, 10 am, everything was ordered ... or so we thought.
Come Saturday morning, it was time to go pick up everything. Balloon and cake pickup went without a hitch (except I forgot to pick up the ice, but I blame Debbie for that ... I have yet to create a reason why, but I'm pretty certain she is at fault). Picking up the sandwiches provided some pre-party excitement. After announcing you are there to pick up a catering order, the last thing you want to see is a blank stare and a horrified look, followed by the question "When did you place the order?". As it turns out, they did not have the order and there were no platters waiting for me. This is why we schedule a pick up for 2 hours before the party. It allows enough time to correct a mistake like this one. In fact, they were able to produce 2 complete sandwich platters per my request in 15 minutes. Crisis averted.
Despite a little pre-party meltdown over balloons, Lauren was a gem the whole day. She took a little bit warming up to her cousins again, but once the play time began, she had a ball. For those who have not been to a child's birthday party, there is one important fact to know. There will be one present that brings the present opening to a screeching halt. It is the one toy that captures the attention of every child there and makes them want to have it opened immediately. That present this year was a tumbling Tigger. One squeeze of this orange ball of energy's nose would send it somersaulting down the rug all to a MC Hammer like tune. The best part was when the kids had moved on to other things, the adults all stood around this contraption marvelling at his mechanized acrobatic feats.
Everything else went pretty smoothly. Lauren was pleasant and cooperative opening the presents (except when she couldn't find her cookie). Everyone seemed to enjoy the food and there seemed to be enough for everyone without too much to create leftovers for a week.
That was a lot of writing just for Saturday so I'm going to end this post here. I'll talk about Sunday in the near future (hopefully tomorrow, but I'm not promising anything).
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