Birthday Prep is Sucking the Life Out of Me...

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Please forgive me for my lack of posting- my son's birthday party is tomorrow and I have been running around trying to get everything done that I need to get done. I need to make a mental note for next year to not wait until two weeks before the party to start getting stuff together.

So far I have made the ten Angry Bird balls, covered a butt-load of boxes with craft paper for the life sized Angry Birds game, made the Angry Birds goodie bags and stuffed them with cool stuff (bubbles, Goldfish crackers, fruit snacks, ring pops, Angry Birds stickers and craft kits), filled the Angry Birds pinata with lots of teeth rotting candy, reserved the bounce house, ordered the calzone and pizza for the party and bought all miscellaneous table wear and food.

Oh yes, and then there is the cake. Unlike years past where I have waited until getting home from work on Saturday night to bake the cake therefore making it necessary for me to stay up until two in the morning decorating it, this year I baked the cake yesterday and crumb coated it so that tonight when I get home I can jump right into decorating. This will be by far the most time intensive cake I have done. They don't make Angry Birds cake pans so there was no lazy way out for me. I had to dust off my creative brain cells and come up with my own design. Six batches of homemade cake and a double batch of homemade frosting later I am very excited about how the cake is looking, though it weighs a ton! Now I just have to try and not screw it up with sub par decorating and then hope we don't drop it when we transport it outside for the party (I would literally die if that happened- die).

All of this is for my son who is turning five- I can't wait to see his face when everything is set up for his party. His happiness makes my stress and lack of sleep all worth it. Once his big day is over, Alli's third birthday is only a month away but luckily she isn't in school yet and doesn't have any friends so her big day will be much smaller and more manageable. After that I don't even have to think about birthdays until Jilly Billy turns one in November.

Angry Bird-Day Party Countdown...

When asked what kind of birthday party he wanted, my son replied "Angry Birds".

I have until May 20th to make it happen. 

The first step was the invitations which I made because I am crazy and enjoy crafty stuff like that. Next I am going to make Angry Bird playground balls and paint boxes brown and gray- all for a life sized game of Angry Birds for the kids to play at the party.

Then it is onto coming up with an idea for the cake. They don't make Angry Birds cake pans so it's all on me to come up with something cool. Then I will pray that I can pull it off when I get home from work that Saturday because the party is on a Sunday- I predict I will be up until 2 am and be covered in frosting.

And on top of the stuff I'm making I have to decide what kind of food we're having (and order it- we decided that grilling for everyone is too much of a hassle), buy snacks and drinks, make favor bags and buy stuff to fill them, reserve the bouncy house and buy miscellaneous party supplies (plates, utensils, cups, napkins, table covers, etc). Oh yes, and we just have to have a pinata because the birthday boy made a special request.

Sixteen days and counting...

I Love Being a Housewife- Here is My To Do List...

I have a lot to do today, and this whole week, to prepare for my son's fourth birthday party and just general housewife stuff.

For a small peek into my imperfect world, here is my to do list for today:

• figure out what to have for dinner (from what we have on hand because I have not been grocery shopping this week yet)
• baby proof daughter's room (she can climb out of crib so we are going to change it to a bed for her which means we have to make her room toddler proof)
• clean the bathrooms
• make paper Spiderman heads to glue on plain white paper lunch bags for the favor bags for my son's birthday
• laundry, lots and lots of laundry
• make sure the kids don't make a huge toy mess so my husband doesn't whine when he gets home that I'm lazy for letting the kids destroy the house (sometimes a destroyed house is worth it when it keeps the kids from constantly fighting but I suppose my husband sees things differently...)
• make a shopping list for my son's party and order the small deli platter (we are also going to have hot dogs and hamburgers, etc.)
• make a huge batch of wheat banana pancakes (the kids will eat whatever they want over the next couple of days and then I'll freeze the rest)

Pretty darn exciting, huh? This is all stuff that I want to accomplish today but most likely not all of it will get down and there is a small chance none of it will get done. Oh well, we all have to have goals in life don't we.