We rarely do those huge blowout birthday parties anymore. People are too busy this day and time to participate in something that doesn't benefit them. Instead of spending $700+ on a party people may or may not show up to, we give the
(what would you want to do?) option to our kids. Every single time they choose a night out on the town with a special friend, OR a trip to Disney. The trip to Disney ends up costing the same when all is said and done. (Annual passes, FL room rates...it can happen)
Please don't take that the wrong way. I love a fun birthday party. I just got sick of dealing with monstrous in laws who have better things to do than claim their grandchildren, and people who lie. In January we cleared our lives of these people, never looked back, and it's been the best year of our lives since 1997! That being said, this is probably the best year of birthday
parties EVER!
(Or it will be...two more are still in progress)
This is the kind of thing we used to do...We had over 100 people at this party. We gave away stuffed animals and toys to the kids when they won carnival style games. Our theme was sort of like a fall festival/fair. Bounce house, a BBQ pig pickin' (mainly for the adults), 5 filled pinatas...we made sure our guests had a great time.
The prizes...
Some of the games (my goodness our place looks completely different back then)
We had a costume contest and gave away a HUGEMONGUS stuffed animal. LOL It was bigger than three of the kids put together. Look at little Eeyore. Awww.
It's just easier to plan a trip than to do all of that.
When
DCL asked about the birthdays I figured they'd do a button like the parks, and they did.
But they also came out in a huge group singing...
Someone wanted to kill me right there!
Someone else was tickled to see this happen.
Look at that sweet smile...
Dessert closeup
He wasn't sure if he could eat it...
He finally dug in and loved it!
The rest of us enjoyed dessert time too!
Earlier in the evening our server overheard me talking to Sidney about Creme Brulee, how I was craving it and couldn't wait 'til tomorrow night. This is what they brought me for dessert!
Yes, our server went to the other dining room and got me my "dream" dessert. How sweet is that? They really do good by you on these cruises. If they can make magic happen, they will. I often wonder why...why did we wait so long to sail with Disney?