OH My goodness gracious!
Thank goodness the party is over. Don't get me wrong, as I said before, I love planning and coming up with ideas for my girls' parties. But let me tell you. I am so thankful this one is over. I learned from this party. Which is good I think.
One. DON'T invite 20 something little kids to your own house if you don't have a yard and you live in a 3 story townhouse. They will run up and down the stairs tirelessly (is that a word?) and scream and laugh and chase each other all at the same time.
Two. Paying someone else to do your party ie: Pump It Up, My Gym, The Jungle ect. is NOT overrated. Really you spend the same amount and then you have a fraction of the head ache and get to enjoy yourself instead of running yourself and your family ragged.
Three. It takes a village.
Four. If your daughter is kind and friendly with everyone, you may only get one or two no's in your RSVP's. So invite wisely.
Five. It will take several days to return your home to order once the festivities are over. And that is just after you worked your buns off cleaning your house, so they could trash it. Thank goodness I didn't wash the floor before the party. Oops, did I say that out loud? Really my grandmother used to say, wash it afterwards, No one is going to look at your floor and they are just going to get it dirty.
Six. go with your gut. See that cute cupcake. Really I wanted to just pick up a cake, but we ventured out and tried to make these. They turned out cute and the parents thought they were cute. But the man hours that went into those babies, man those are some expensive cupcakes! Not worth the stress of it all. Costco here we come for 2009!
Seven. If the kids rave to their parents and they leave exhausted your party was a success!
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