A couple weekends ago I took Katie to a birthday party for a little boy in her Montessori class. I was totally amazed at the effort put forth for this party. It was so much fun! It was a carnival type theme. As soon as we got there, Katie got to decorate a pail with stick-ons of letters for her name, and various animals. After she was done decorating, we went through the house to the kitchen. The food! OMG! They had hot dogs, pizza, nachos (or chips w/ wet cheese is what Katie calls it), frito pie fixin’s, bags of chips, fruit snacks and cuties (like oranges). Then we go out to the back patio to eat and there’s a popcorn machine! Tea, sweet and un… juice boxes and sodas.
After Katie ate, it was off to the bouncy house. She loves those things! Then the clever part. They had set up self-made carnival games. There were tickets in the pails they had decorated earlier, and the kids used their tickets to play the games. Older kids were running each station. It was very cute. Of course the little ones always won and the prize was a miniature piece of candy. It was a VERY windy day, so they had a tough time keeping the games steady but it was still so much fun. They got little tattoos. Katie really loved that.
Next came the part that really blew me away. They had The Capital of Texas Zoo come to their backyard! This guy was amazing! He brought a camel, kangaroo, chinchilla, blue-tongued skeenk, albino snake andgiant hissing cockroaches! The kids got to pet some of the animals. And GET THIS. Katie held a giant hissing cockroach! I almost crawled out of my skin. She even let the snake smell her with his tongue. She is so brave I cannot believe it.
After we washed their hands, it was time for cake. LOTS OF CAKE. Then the most clever thing was the goody bags. It was set up like another carnival game. There were paper bags filled with trinkets, numbered like 1-30. The kids got to go in age, youngest to oldest, and pick 2 numbers. They were delighted to see what they each got. William came towards the end of the party (he had gone to a play with his Grandma), and Katie exclaimed to him “COME LOOK, WILLIAM! THIS PARTY IS SO AWESOME!” We had a great time!
March 15, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Shut the front door, is that a chinchilla?? I swear I wish those things were ugly because then I’d totally want a coat made out of them.
I can’t believe Katie did all that! Well, I can, but still.. It’s insane!!
March 15, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Sounds like there’s a gene loose in the pool! Whose daughter is she?
Love you loads and loads!!!
Aunt Bee
March 15, 2009 at 9:17 pm
What’s a “pale”?