Monday, August 16, 2010

We had a PaRtY!

We had a party.
It was a success...or good enough anyway (never does go exactly as planned).
The kid was happy.
I'm happy to have it over with.
Here's how it went down.

First we invited a few people...









The people came...




We had a little CaKe...
I decided to get brave and attempt making the cake myself this year.  And after a lot of consulting with others and a bit of stress involved...we had cake.


 



...and CuPCaKes


I nearly poisoned a few children with the red frosting.  I had to use a LOT of red food coloring to actually get RED.  Wasn't really thinking about how they might taste.  Always choosing fashion over function...oops!




And a little CandY...

  

...PoP cOrN...PeaNutS...


  
 

...CiRCuS PeaNutS...



Then we played some GaMEs...








SpiLLed the MiLk...



ToSseD BeaN baGs aT the CLoWN...


FisHed the PoNd...


ToSsed the RiNGs...


Had a CLoWn ReLaY...


RaCed the DuCKs...


Got DuNked in the TaNk...


Won PriZes and FaVOrs...
We had everything a clown could need, bow ties, red noses, BiG sunglasses, BiG flowers, whoopee cusions, trick cameras and gum (the spraying kind), a few noise makers and of course gold fish (yes, real ones)...





I made a few flowers for the older girls and adults that helped.  THANK YOU ALL!!


Missed a few of the deCoRAtiONs...
I didn't get much of the decorations up due to the hurricane force winds we had.  That's right, we had a party in the wind :P 
Had a little of this...


But I did manage to get my pennant banners up (and they even stayed up).



I didn't get tables decorated as you can see above.  A lot of the decor stayed in the house and didn't get used : (  Guess that just means we'll have to have another carnival : )


...that is if the RinGmASteR allows it.   
What can I say, I'm one lucky girl to have this guy who puts up with me.  Here he is after the circus (and I mean it literally!) sopping wet (from being dunked in the dunk tank), covered in frosting (from kids faces) managing to put a smile on his face so that I can get a picture of his shirt.  What a guy! 


And that was that. 
We had a party.
 Now I can put these feet up (for a couple of months anyway) and rest for a bit. 
One more year, one more party down.