Planning Birthday Parties

Everyone knows I love to throw birthday parties. It's never to early to start planning these kids parties I don't think. I usually start collecting stuff a couple months before. It's easier on my budget and I'm not stressed out when the big day arrives. So this year is just the same. Last year I went all out having the kids parties in the house. Not this time, because I plan on it being pretty busy with the new baby and all. We will be throwing their parties at places we've been invited to before. That way I know what to expect and I'll know what to buy for the space we'll have.

Brittany has picked a Luau Pool Party theme to celebrate her upcoming 14th birthday. This is some of the stuff I've collected already. I just love all the colors. So bright and pretty.






We will be having the party at a local hotel that rents out their pool for 2 hours at a time. They have a table in the corner for food & drinks so it works out well. I think it's an age appropriate activity for a couple teenage girls she'll be able to invite.




Jared wants a(you guessed it)GI Joe party to celebrate is upcoming 8TH birthday. I have been waiting for these party supplies to come to the stores for sometime. They just arrived at Kmart so I quickly bought all I could before it was gone. I try to have an original themed party and GI Joe hasn't been done as of yet. It seems everyone has been doing Transformers so I didn't want to be another Mom who uses that theme. Here is some of the stuff I purchased.






I'm thinking of having his party at this Inflatable bounce house place that is just around the corner from us. We were invited to a party there at the beginning of Summer and he just loved it. I took a couple of pictures from that day so I could plan his. You actually get the whole place to yourself for 2 hours and can invite as many people as you want for that time. I think it's worth it and great for all ages. I think Brittany might even jump. :)







That's what I'm working on as of now. I still have a couple of months to pull it all together so I'm happy about that. Since their birthday's are so close to Christmas it's one less worry. I know I'll have the money for it and it's easy to put together. Next year we'll be celebrating one more with Madison. I don't know if that's gonna be a good thing or a bad thing. It'll be the first birthday party I get to plan in the Summertime. We might actually get to have it outdoors for once. Wow!

I wish everyone lived closer and was able to come. It's going to be a lot of fun.