Birthday Preparations

Tomorrow is Boop's 3rd birthday party. I am not really sure he understands completely what the deal is. If you ask him how old he is he isn't sure. He holds up a bunch of fingers and counts "1, 5, 2, 4." I will keep working on it with him today. I am sure someone will ask him tomorrow and I want him to be prepared ;) We have tried not to get caught up with the big birthday party thing. I will admit it can be hard. For the girls first couple of parties we did them at home with a few unique props. For Nature Girl's puppy party a couple of years ago we made a dog house out of a refrigerator box and my sister painted dog faces on each kid. We made paper collars with each kid's name on it and they ate out of dog bowls (which we then donated to the shelter). The year after that we had a "pool" party and shot water balloons. For Little Mama her first party was a butterfly party and we gave everyone wings and they just ran around the backyard, swung on the swing etc. Her next party was a princess tea and everyone dressed up and we served tea and sandwiches. They girls wore gloves and pretty earrings and colored a cardboard castle. It was starting to get harder and harder because the parties that the girls were invited to were at Skate World and Build - A - Bear etc. So last year we only did a family party for each girl and then celebrated their birthdays together down at Disney :) Which everyone loved. So tomorrow Boop's party will be a family party with a dinosaur theme. Both Grandmas will be there, his aunt and uncle and two cousins, my sister and her boyfriend and one other family and their two kids. The other family is the family we camp with and their boy is basically Boop's only friend at this point :) My sister and her boyfriend are picking Boob up and taking him to lunch then taking him to get his present (a dinosaur at Build - A - Bear). This will be the first time he goes anywhere by himself! He said I could follow them. So we shall see. For his party the kids will play and the adults will watch the football game. We will have ham and hors d'oeuvres and of course a birthday cake. At this age, I am sure no matter what we do he will be thrilled with all the attention and the presents . . . .