Today I hosted a 7th Birthday party for Dallon. He was supposed to have a dinosaur party but at the last minute (before placing the Oriental Trading Company order) he changed his mind & wanted to do the same froggy party he had last year. This boy loves frogs! It was such a cute & fun theme that I didn't even try to talk him out of it. I mean seriously, how many Superhero parties have you been to? OK, now how many froggy parties have you been to? Understand where I'm going with this? This year he didn't want to invite his entire class so he hand picked some close friends & we went from there. The last few years I have scheduled the boys parties in our back yard. It's free (except for the decorations ofcourse), motivates us to clean the yard & the boys just dig it. Due to the freezing cold temperatures we had to move inside. Well...........I was hesitant and frankly, not very hoppy, I mean happy about it. While we have been motivated to clean out & declutter recently, I have to admit there is a reason why I have not posted any updates on our remodeling that was started last June. BECAUSE NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!! Why? I don't know. I will just leave it at that. But I had to swallow my pride and throw my special boy an indoor froggy party. If you know me then you know I absolutely LOVE to organize these sort of events. I'm not so good at the artsy fartsy adult stuff but I can rock a kid party! I have also discovered that a morning party is fantastic because it leaves the rest of the day open for the guests. Living in the boonies (which I love) you will appreciate this because if you have a 1pm or 2pm birthday party you can't 'go to town' or get involved in a 'project' & don't usually feel like it afterwards either. But coming to a 10am-12pm party leaves you open for several hours later. I also love to serve up brunch foods like these: breakfast casserole, monkey bread, fresh fruit & coffee ofcourse. Some of the games we played last year were out of the question because it was just too cold to spend that much time outside. We normally have a craft ready for the kids to do as they arrive but they were having so much fun running around the house, up & down the stairs & even outside, that we just decided to scratch 'Tape the fly on the frog' game that Nick planned & let them play until 11:15. (The party started at 10am, despite the 1pm starting time listed on Facebook. Not sure what happened there.) At 11:15 I called them together for cake & presents. Then we went outside for our one game, 'Frog Find'. I gave each child a goody bag & released them (youngest first) to gather as many frogs as they could find in the side square of our yard. This was a repeat from last year & a complete blast for the kids! They get to take the frogs they find home, plus a balloon & a beach ball froggy, which were scattered throughout the house as decorations. We had a great time & Dallon was very happy.
Not all of his friends came, everyone just can't make it to everything. We invite & hope for the best. I am quite surprised how people don't RSVP like they used to. It's hard to prepare sometimes so I just plan for a group, rather than individual take home gifts. When Roman was in the first grade he invited about 35 people & three kids showed up. While it's heartbreaking to me, he hardly noticed. As long as his best friends were there he was happy. But next time you are wondering if you should RSVP to an event, do it, it's much easier on the hostess.
Look very closely at our dead, winter grass & you will see lots of multi-colored frogs waiting to be hunted.
Not all of his friends came, everyone just can't make it to everything. We invite & hope for the best. I am quite surprised how people don't RSVP like they used to. It's hard to prepare sometimes so I just plan for a group, rather than individual take home gifts. When Roman was in the first grade he invited about 35 people & three kids showed up. While it's heartbreaking to me, he hardly noticed. As long as his best friends were there he was happy. But next time you are wondering if you should RSVP to an event, do it, it's much easier on the hostess.
Here are some of our favorite pictures from today:
Look very closely at our dead, winter grass & you will see lots of multi-colored frogs waiting to be hunted.
Re-used Roman's banner from last year, but hey, it's green!
"I call this balloon!" Rocco exclaimed.
Dallon was thrilled to see the cake Mrs. Tara Libby made for his party!
Dallon put all the frogs where he wants them, now he's ready for his guests!
So are Rocco & Roman!
I like this picture of Daddy & Rocco sharing breakfast. See the dark chunk of goodness in the background on the cake plate?
Insert singing here: Happy Birthday to Dallon!
Blowing out the candles
Half the frog eaten in less than 10 minutes! I like Roman's face in this one.
Presents!
'Frog Find' time!
Dallon & Jamie were happy about all the frogs they found!
All the frog finders
Roman, Jamie, Dallon, Camille, Lacey, Walker, Adrienne, Rocco & Ben
Dallon & Camille
Dallon & Cameron
Checking out his new night vision goggles Uncle Stephen brought him.
This was so cute! After the game outside we walked in to find Rocco had snuck in & started rearranging the froggies. He was talking either to himself or to the frogs. Love it!
Very cute party! Tara is very talented!
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