July 7, 2004
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Since I'm feeling like a regular underachiever now, I thought I would blog about the kiddos. Oh, why do I feel like an underachiever??? Because I went online to find some ideas on how to make my front entrance look like a castle for the princess' 4th b.day party this sunday...didn't find any ideas, so if you have some, ideas that is, let me know. Anyhoo, I came across a sadistic site that allows over-achieving, anal-retentive, supermoms to brag about parties they threw for their children. Came across a princess party that sounded soo organized the kids must have been terrified to not follow orders to get to the next activity...we're talking 4 yr olds, not 8-9 yr olds!! *shudder* If the kiddos who come to Kyra's party don't go home with a personalized, fabric covered, professionally bound coloring book with princess coloring pages...guess that means I'm just way out of my league! dang.
Ok, on to funny kiddo stories...if you've even made it this far. The kiddos both have bean bag chairs and love them. The best way to appreciate them, of course, is to jump off of the sofa onto the bean bag chair...repeat a dozen times. Spence has his own twist to this activity, he belly flops with a full face plant. Sure, I think that some day soon he'll knock himself silly, but he's 2 and a boy...well, you get the picture. Yesterday, Royce took them to our neighbor's pool to go swimming. It was their first time in this pool and I couldn't go with them so I was a little nervous. Thankfully we suited up the kiddos with these swimming life jacket-things so I felt certain that with 3 adult and two older children, my kiddos would be a-ok. They were going down the slide, jumping off the diving board and Spence was doing his belly flops left and right. (Yes, plenty of adult supervision during all activities.) When Royce told them they needed to come home, they about blew a gasket.
I love them, can you tell??
Comments (3)
AWESOME! I want those lifejacket swimming thingies myself. I think they're pretty cool And I just finished doing a fairytale unicorn party for Emily's sixth birthday. It was two hours, eight kids and very loosely organized. I got all the goodies via BirthdayExpress.com and will do that same for Sophie in November for a Dora the Explorer theme. I refuse to rigidly organize though. Kids are kids and they barely remember much except that they had a good time. Don't freak out, just hug them, invite a few buddies, have a cool cake and that's really all that matters.
Ah don't fret about those high falootin' kids parties. I can't believe how parents spoil their kids with such things. Leah had her first friends birthday party this year at age 10. We've always had family parties and they work out just fine.
Gotta love bean bag chairs. So durable! Yep, it's a great summer. Hope yours is too.
Yeah, I've seen those sites. I've done up castle cards for Lydia's princess birthday, they turned out great. I'd just go to the local newspaper and get the endrolls (they usually sell them for a dollar) and tape two 'columns' down the sides of the doors, and do the 'bricking' with magic marker in grey. You could even draw vines with roses going up the sides.
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