How To Host the Perfect Mermaid Party
(as hosted by my very talented sis-in-law
and attended by yours truly and kidlets)
1.) Begin with a super cute birthday girl who eats, sleeps, and dreams Little Mermaid in all ways, shapes, and forms.
2.) Add some crazy cousins, a super cool Gramma, throw in some excited aunts and some fun friends. If you're REALLY feeling brave, invite the itty-bitty 2-year old terror from the ward to wreak havoc on all the other kids twice her size and twice her age. It will make for a great story afterwards and the sight of 8 grown kids running out of the room from her with her tottering after them will keep the aunts giggling for days.
3.) Have a perfectly planned under-the-sea menu, even if the kids are too hyped up to eat any of it. The parents will definitely make up for it as they eat, and eat, and eat!
4.) Bring on the sugar! Preferably in the form of (but not limited to) a super-cutesy Ariel cake, matching cupcakes and all-you-can-eat Swedish fish.
(Seriously, check out the look on those kids' faces.
Pure pre-frosting euphoria.)
5.) Plan super clever party games, prizes and party favors that keep the party rockin' and will help at parent pick-up time when everyone is trying to find their "special" sea creature under all the toys, wrapping paper, and cake crumbs.
6.) Don't forget presents. (Not that you could with 9 kids reminding you every 5 minutes that you need to open presents. **Talk about having "gadgets and gizmos a plenty and ooz-its and whats-its galore." Try finding the "perfect" Mermaid present that the b-day girl doesn't already have. Yeah, not going to happen. Don't even get me started on thing-a-ma-bobs.).
7.) Keep the "party real" by kindly inviting the two boy cousins who instead of joining in the Mermaid melee prefer to happily sit and smile at balloons (Porter) ...
...and (Austin) having the time of his life throwing his paper jet across the room (and into ears, faces, necks, etc) who also apparently refuses to smile for the camera or eat "pink" cake for that matter. Don't you worry though, he lowered his "manly" standards when he saw that the cupcakes were chocolate...even if the frosting was purple.
8.) Throw in an impromptu dance party to make the night a raging success and to see how those little 3 and 5 yr olds can really shake their booties.
9.) Pay no mind to the random cousin "secret spy" after-party. Especially Austin, the shirtless secret-cat-spy speaking into his secret watch transmitter. Very high-tech stuff.
10.) Recover from the under-the-sea shin dig with what else? A trip to the hot tub with all the cousins and their parents (who just happened to have brought their swimsuits) And end the most memorable Mermaid night with a big group cousin hug!
Great job B&M Dean!! Especially Michiko!!
Way to set that birthday party standard waaaay high.
2 comments:
You are such a super mom! I am going to keep this in mind for Abi when she is old enough to know what Little Mermaid is. I seriously am going to take notes from your blog. I don't know how you have time to do all that you do. Miss ya!
Sorry for the confusion folks! It wasn't our party at all, it was for my niece. I would never ever claim to have hosted a "perfect" anything, let alone a 3 yr old birthday bash with a bunch of mini-princesses. Way too much pressure. My sis-in-law did great though and we were thrilled to be able to partake in all the birthday goodness without any of the planning that went into it.
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