Party the Right Way!

Now, I'm all for a fun birthday party. Who doesn't want to feel special on their birthday?
I have five children. (For those of you aren't observant enough to notice) But five birthdays in one year is excessive, don't ya think?
Fortunately all of my kids were born in two months (different years, of course... lets not be silly). November and May!

So...we have two parties. One in May and one in November (duh).

Obviously, gender specific parties are just irritating and dumb. It doesn't make the party any more special if you had transformers or strawberry shortcake on your party favors.
It just says "Mom was dumb enough to spend all that money on cheap crap that's going to be destroyed and thrown out the second it leaves the area."

And NO! I refuse to invite all the neighbor kids and every child mine have ever met. Relatives and cousins are good enough!

Okay! So what is important?

Pick a theme! (and no, Spiderman and Disney princesses don't count)

Need help?

*Fiesta -(mexican style fun -pinatas, margaritas(for the adults) and I YI YI YI music is totally cool...not to mention sopapillas!)

For those of you wondering, it's okay to drink at a kids party. It's just not okay for anyone to get drunk. There's a difference...but that's another story.

*Luau -(everyone wears hawaiian, get those little umbrellas for the mai tai's, leis, barbecue hot dogs if your uncool with the pig roast.. and dont forget some beach boys music or ukalele style is great. Fruit pizza on cookie dough is a great alternative to cake. BE CREATIVE!)


If creativity is just really not your thing... there are a million ideas online.

This November Party's theme was fall. Seems too obvious, right?
*Well, bobbing for apples is an endangered tradition so we did our part to bring it back.
*Bale of straw costs $7. (game appropriately named "needle in the haystack") I hid two bags of candy in all that mess. Handed each child a bag and said, "go find it."
*Who doesn't like to roast hotdogs and marshmallows over a fire?(finicky adults...but again, that's another story) Fire-pits are a wonder. I can't imagine why they weren't popular sooner.
*Follow it up with throwing the ol' pigskin around.


Yep! We had ourselves a great time!