Mike's birthday party was fun but wiped me out for the rest of the day.

Sunday was Mike’s party — same place, same time, same “food” as the party last November. We had coffee and ice water:

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Note that the water was in “child safe” bottles. WTF? I’ve never been afraid of water before, but now I have a whole new, unidentified fear. Up until today all I worried about was my kids clubbing each other with the bottles. Foolish, shortsighted me.

We also had bagels:

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And Spiderman cupcakes!

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All this plus fun games:

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And hey, I rebelled against goodie bags! I decided to get just one cool thing for each kid. I was tired of spending $70 on crap that kids love and lose and parents cripple themselves on in the dark.

I went to my favorite party supply shop and looked at my options. As tempting as this was:

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I settled on these:

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Juggling balls! In their own bags and ready to hand out! “Only” $2.59 each!

And as the guests were leaving I got to say “Hey kid, now you get to learn to juggle like a real clown!”


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9 responses to “Mike's birthday party was fun but wiped me out for the rest of the day.”

  1. hello insomnia Avatar

    Rubber dog doo? I bet that was made in China and the factory workers who assembled them shook their head, saying, “Silly Americans.”

  2. andria Avatar

    I love those cupcake cakes! So cool.

    Hurray on rebelling against the goodie bag. They terrorize me every single time. I think I will go with the dog doo next year. Should make me real popular with the PTA mommies.

    But really, bagels? Where’s the lunch? LOL

  3. Lala Avatar

    What’s the deal about the water? Send me a link so I may too understand.

    I’m Lala, you sent me a book once. Thanks for that.

  4. Jennifer Avatar

    I’m gonna have to hit the party store, neat idea. My eldests birthday is in a few weeks and have yet to decide if she is having a party or not.

  5. Maria P. Avatar

    I’m hungry now. Didn’t you know my other half is actually a cupcake?

  6. Oh, The Joys Avatar

    Um, like, I totally can not believe that you did not provide a full, three-course meal for all the adults and all the children. I mean, Gigi had to go STRAIGHT from YOUR party to another ENGAGEMENT. Duh!

    (Ha ha ha ha ha!)

    (Still think I’m nice?) Heh.

  7. Robyn Avatar

    They were really selling plastic doggie poo?? Is there really a market for that? Ewww!

  8. Plain Jane Mom Avatar

    Lala: I think that the child-safe part of the water is that the caps don’t come off. Maybe some kids were choking on water bottle tops? And I’m glad you got your book! I’ll have to do more contests again — those were fun.

  9. Jamie Avatar

    Happy belated birthday to Mike! Hopefully the hag who complained last time won’t repeat herself this year!

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