Every Parent can relate with "Party Day" or event day at your own house. Family comes to stay at your house and you are hosting more family for a dinner or lunch and you have to get your house ready. Today was "Party Day" for our son Cole's birthday. Here is how the day goes.
5:30 wake up with youngest
7:00 cook breakfast for family and extended family guests
8:00 clean up breakfast
9:00 clean bathrooms
10:00 vacum house
11:00 more guests arrive
11:30 more guests arrive
11:45 lunch with both sides of family
1:00 birthday gift unwrap
1:30 cake
2:00 kids go to playing and adults visit
3:00 clean up
4:00 figure out dinner
5:00 cook dinner
6:00 clean up dinner
7:00 movie
7:30 make popcorn
9:00 hopefully bed time
So as you read this you can see it is a full day. Fun events but lots of things to do. Mix in all the regular things like feed dog and help dad on the farm and you have a very exhausting day.
I wonder how other families do party days especially if they have destination or friend parties. Karen and I have kept things simple during Cole and Ben's birthday parties. There will be be a day eventually that we will host or go to event places.
If you have a Sears party, then, all that cleaning exists, but then, we don't start the party until about 5, but it lasts until the next day. At one party, we usually have a craft, games, food, gift opening, more food, freetime, movie, and sleep, around like 12! I hope Cole had a wonderful 6th birthday party! I loved turning 6, and I still remember some of my fabulous gifts from a Barbie with a turn around skirt from business woman to party girl, 2 Muppet Babies (Miss Piggy and Rowlf), and a cat sign with my name on it with those dot letters. :)
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