Joey's Birthday Party!

We had to delay Joey's birthday party with his friends until after the playoffs were over to make sure Daddy could be there. Once we started to recover from our loss to the "stinky" Steelers, as Joey call them, the planning began. It was determined, 6 months ago, that the theme would be The Backyardigans and specifically the Surf's Up episode. Joey wanted to have a bounce party again (we are kind of limited at this time of year) and luckily we found a place, JumpZone, that was different from last year. So, I had to figure out how to pull off the theme while having only a small party room to use. I think it worked out ok as there were no complaints from the boy in charge :). Each child received a lei as they entered the party room...I found palm tree and surfboard cupcake toppers...Vases of play sand with small palm trees and stuffed characters made the centerpieces....Of course, there were alot of balloons and the favors were sandbuckets with a BY cup, BY playing cards, a sand rake and sunglasses.

It was so fun to watch the kids in Joey's class outside of the classroom. They are so cute together! They jumped until they couldn't jump anymore and then it was time for pizza and cupcakes. When it came time to sing "Happy Birthday", Joe and I were standing next to Joey and Jack was on the otherside of the table. As soon as the singing started, Jack freaked out and started crying while running circles around Joe's mom. It was the first time he had heard the song since the infamous sparkler incident, so I think Jack thought it meant another sparkler! It was too funny, but we felt we had to explain why he started acting like a child possessed. :) When we got home, Jack had already crashed for a nap and Joey asked if he could stay up and open his presents. I think he enjoyed 1) not having to take a nap and 2) getting "quiet" time to enjoy his presents without worrying if little man was going to come jump in the middle. Until next year...actually he just told me this morning that he already knows what kind of party he wants to have next year. I guess I should start planning ;)