confession: chaya turned five in june, mom too busy to think of throwing a "kid" birthday party (we acknowledged it with family of course), but felt that since the other girls had their first at five, she too could have one. june passed, july passed, now gibson will be turning seven in august. what is a mother to do? idea: have two different parties on the same day as to only have one day of chaos rather than two. we also decided to have it at a park near our house (easier not to have the mess at home, too) gibson's was before lunch and chaya's party was after lunch. weather: questionable all day - eeks!?.
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| chaya with her "candy cake" (you would never know that i put that together in five minutes) due to the cupcakes getting "ruined" visually by our crazy weather. |
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playtime on the playground.
gibson, haley(top), maren, emma |
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| groovy invite |
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| real life candyland game, huge hit with the girls |
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| candy invite for chaya |
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bingo and groovy door hangers for the older girls
conclusion: gibson's was great (except for the glitch with the cupcakes), the weather stayed fair and all was well. chaya's started off shaky with the emergency run for the cake, tearful guest, and ended with gail force wind, downpour, and even some hail (and a very tearful guest!). very memorable! would i do it again? yes! |
