I can hardly believe my little Maddie is 4. It seems like yesterday (well almost) that we were headed off to the hospital for her scheduled c-section delivery. This year we had a big birthday party for her and all of her little friends... and our friends too! We were so thankful to everyone who came because Mom sent out the invitations late...less than a week before. Maddie was well overdue for a birthday bash and it was a ton of fun... a TON of work...but a TON of fun!
We had the party on the Saturday before Maddie's actual birthday which is January 13th. It was a "Hello Kitty" themed party complete with all the Hello Kitty fixins'... plates, napkins, party hats, blowers, a Hello Kitty cake, and Hello Kitty pinata!
The only thing I couldn't find that was Hello Kitty was the bouncer...that had the Disney Princesses on it. The bounce house was so much fun and a big hit with the kids. Thank goodness for my quick thinking and acting husband. I had a near panic attack when I blew a fuse while blow drying my hair just an hour before the party was to start and I looked out Maddie's window to see the bouncer rapidly deflating into a pile of mush on my driveway! Talk about a crisis! Mike got the plug into another outlet faster than I could run downstairs and the problem was solved.
There was a basketball hoop in it, an obstacle course to run through and a big slide right down the middle. Maddie specifically asked for a bouncer with a slide in it. She was a little scared scaling up the ladder to the slide at first but once she got the hang of it, she loved it. William loved the bouncer too. He was too cute jumping all over in it and wasn't afraid one bit of going through the obstacle.
Maddie's good friend Chandler who lives next door couldn't make it to the party in the afternoon but they played in the bouncer until 6:00 pm when the bouncer was picked up. We definitely got every penny's worth of bouncing time which was great.
By the end of the day, both Maddie and William were exhausted and filthy! Mike and I were exhausted as well. As I was giving them a bath that night, I asked Maddie what her favorite part of her party was and her reply made it all worth it. She replied, "I liked the cake, the pinata, the bounce house...I loved every part of my party!" Talk about satisfying. That is what it is all about. What a blessing she is to us. We love her so very much!
We had the party on the Saturday before Maddie's actual birthday which is January 13th. It was a "Hello Kitty" themed party complete with all the Hello Kitty fixins'... plates, napkins, party hats, blowers, a Hello Kitty cake, and Hello Kitty pinata!
The only thing I couldn't find that was Hello Kitty was the bouncer...that had the Disney Princesses on it. The bounce house was so much fun and a big hit with the kids. Thank goodness for my quick thinking and acting husband. I had a near panic attack when I blew a fuse while blow drying my hair just an hour before the party was to start and I looked out Maddie's window to see the bouncer rapidly deflating into a pile of mush on my driveway! Talk about a crisis! Mike got the plug into another outlet faster than I could run downstairs and the problem was solved.
There was a basketball hoop in it, an obstacle course to run through and a big slide right down the middle. Maddie specifically asked for a bouncer with a slide in it. She was a little scared scaling up the ladder to the slide at first but once she got the hang of it, she loved it. William loved the bouncer too. He was too cute jumping all over in it and wasn't afraid one bit of going through the obstacle.
Maddie's good friend Chandler who lives next door couldn't make it to the party in the afternoon but they played in the bouncer until 6:00 pm when the bouncer was picked up. We definitely got every penny's worth of bouncing time which was great.
By the end of the day, both Maddie and William were exhausted and filthy! Mike and I were exhausted as well. As I was giving them a bath that night, I asked Maddie what her favorite part of her party was and her reply made it all worth it. She replied, "I liked the cake, the pinata, the bounce house...I loved every part of my party!" Talk about satisfying. That is what it is all about. What a blessing she is to us. We love her so very much!
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