Birthday weekend was a success! On Saturday, June 20, Myka had a little backyard party with some of her playgroup friends. As the pinata story may have shown, the theme was "sunshine". Since the kids were born on the first day of summer, it was fitting. And, even more importantly, the sun is round. I can make a round pinata. I can not make a pinata shaped like Dora, or Curious George, or a flip flop. Anyway, I quickly found that "sun" made a great theme, and we celebrated in style with plenty of summery things for the kids to do, party favors to give, and yummy summer treats to eat.
We set up Myka's pool, Eli's pool, and a new little water slide I found for the occasion. We lucked out on the weather, as the entire week, much like the entire summer so far, was filled with cooler than normal temps and lots of rain. The forecast for Saturday was 86 and sunny and actually held true! We filled the pools in the morning and they had even warmed up a bit by the time the little guests arrived.
They all splashed happily until lunch time, but the post lunch pinata unlatching was the highlight of the party.
A little more info on the pinata... Myka had been to a party in May with a pinata and was so excited about it she decided on the way home that day that she would have one at her birthday and made a list of all the things that would be in it. I think part of her excitement was the fact that she was the one that pulled the magic string to open the hatch and let the candy fall out. You see, some genius decided that blindfolded, bat-yielding three-year-olds do not make for a very safe party, not to mention the "don't hit your brother" lesson that is completely undone in a matter of seconds. So now pinatas come with a trap door and a bunch of ribbons to pull, one being the magic string to allow the candy to flow. Once I realized making a pinata would cost me all of 50 cents, as opposed to the 15 or 20 dollars I would be paying for one, I went to work figuring out the trap door concept. It worked great, and all the kids were able to take turns and pull two or three strings each before the candy came raining down. You can't even imagine the suspense.
Sunday was the actual birthday, but between church, Father's Day, Vacation Bible School, naps, a quick dinner at Myka's favorite "restaurant", and a tornado warning it went by very quickly. We managed to open presents during the 30 minutes we were all at home and awake. I had saved Eli a cupcake from Myka's party to eat on his big day, but there wasn't even a chance. I wasn't too disappointed, as I wasn't really excited about cake being in the top ten things he had EVER eaten in his life (with cookie already making the list) so we will pick a day down the road after he has sampled a few more tastes and let the kid have his cake. He did get a few presents, though.
As did Myka, of course.
She woke up the next day talking about what she wanted her next birthday party to be like. And unless I can talk her into a baseball or basketball theme, it seems I have about 350 days to expand my paper mache' pinata making skills.
Sunday was the actual birthday, but between church, Father's Day, Vacation Bible School, naps, a quick dinner at Myka's favorite "restaurant", and a tornado warning it went by very quickly. We managed to open presents during the 30 minutes we were all at home and awake. I had saved Eli a cupcake from Myka's party to eat on his big day, but there wasn't even a chance. I wasn't too disappointed, as I wasn't really excited about cake being in the top ten things he had EVER eaten in his life (with cookie already making the list) so we will pick a day down the road after he has sampled a few more tastes and let the kid have his cake. He did get a few presents, though.
As did Myka, of course.
She woke up the next day talking about what she wanted her next birthday party to be like. And unless I can talk her into a baseball or basketball theme, it seems I have about 350 days to expand my paper mache' pinata making skills.
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