HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLAS!!

My baby turned 5 yesterday. Sniff, sniff. I no longer have any "babies", they are all grown now. We had his party at Jambalaya Park in Gonzales and I think it was a pretty fabulous turnout. The kids seemed to have lots more fun playing on the equipment rather than having an actual party...Nicolas included! Good thing I'm not a time management freak because I was doing good to get the party in before dark! We had cake (which my mom made and was delicious!), we had pizza, we had candy, we had cookies and we had Capri Sun. I just laid everything out on the table and let the kids graze at will.

The hardest part of the whole party was lighting the candles. It was sooooo windy! But that was okay because he didn't seem to concerned anyway. When we got home we did it properly and he was able to blow them all out. This was my first attempt at a weeknight party also. I didn't expect to have alot of people show up, but it was a decent turnout. We were lucky in that there weren't many extra kids there just playing. There were a couple and I was happy to have them participate in the party, but a Saturday/Sunday afternoon crowd would not have been bearable.

I carried around all the party items in the back of my car and went home after work to ice the drinks down and then headed over to the park to set up. It wasn't too bad....except that I made a planned stop at Walmart to pick up a sandwich tray that I had ordered, but it turns out that they didn't make it. I was pretty peeved at first, but in hindsight it wasn't necessary. We had lots of pizza and cake and cookies to sustain the kids ;)

The Easter Egg Hunt was a hit. I could remember my mom always doing those with DJ and Sandi's parties and I missed that. Some thick clovers would have been nice, but with kids under the age of 5 we did good by just throwing them on the ground! So, for me, it was a success. Now that it's over, I can concentrate on Easter!