Party Time

Sean did a great job helping to prepare for his party. He went with me to choose the plates and napkins. He mowed the lawn, helped me by shaking the rugs in the bathroom, and helped Chuck with a few other outside chores.

It was a great day-- truly enjoyable, and better than I expected it to be.

When we were trying to decide on a theme, I suggested that the kids could make things to take home. We thought of having them make their own creations, but then realized some kids might not be into that and we might have to do something else. Chuck suggested bird houses. We all thought that was a great idea.

I had visions of kids hammering nails and such, but when it came down to it Chuck decided it would be a better idea to prefab the bird houses and have the kids decorate them with foliage from the property. So he and Robert, Chuck's nephew, cut the wood and put the houses together down at the work shed, then brought them up to the house and we set them up on a table outside where the kids could decorate them.

It was a better idea. I don't know if things would have gone as smoothly if we had them following instructions on how to construct the birdhouses.

We had a perfect number of kids, six, including Sean. Sean seemed to be happy the whole time, enjoyed all of the kids, and loved all of his gifts. They had free time to play in the forest, in the tree house, and on the swing set before the party began, and we also had the blow up bouncy obstacle course structure up and going.

Aunt Bennie and Uncle Curtis came, and Rhian, and my grandmother. Bennie surprised Sean with her Cherry Yum Yum for his birthday dessert. I bought a small cake in case others didn't want that dessert, and because it's easier to blow out candles on a cake.

Jennifer brought Aiden and Tala, and it was nice to hang out with her for a while. Shane and Jacob-Joshua came also, and Sean's friends Kyle and Caleb from our old neighborhood got dropped off.

It was a really good day, and Sean is getting to be so grown up and mature. I can't believe he's already 11 years old. I love that boy so much.