The Princess Party and The Un-Party
Maitlyn turned 4 on Thursday (December 30). We celebrated her birthday on Friday, December 31st by hosting a "Princess Party". Maitlyn invited all of her friends. All of the girls dressed up as princesses and the couple of boys who came were dressed up as princes. Maitlyn has been anticipating her birthday since before Christmas. In fact, at times I thought she was more excited about her birthday than she was Christmas. Maybe that's because her birthday totally revolves around her while Christmas is a shared event.
Anyway, the kids had a great time decorating princess and prince hats, singing fun kid tunes, opening gifts, eating cake and Chick-Fil-A chicken nuggets and grabbing candy out of a princess pinata. Maitlyn truly had a terrific time. After the party, Grammy and Podder (her names for Elise's parents) brought their gifts in and we had another round of gift opening. Then they took off right before dinnertime.
Did I mention that this was New Year's Eve? Well, with getting everything together to host Christmas and Maitlyn's Princess Birthday Party, we really didn't make any effort to get a babysitter for our kids on New Year's Eve so we could go out (NYE has to be the most difficult night to get a babysitter). Actually, we were really looking forward to a quiet night at home just chilling out. It's funny, there is always this sense that everyone is doing something fun on New Year's Eve and if you aren't doing something, then you're some kind of a loser. Stuart called me sometime right after Elise's parents left and asked if we had any plans for NYE. He then suggested that he and Shauna could come over and we could watch a movie or play a game or something. I said I would let him know, but thought maybe we should just relax and rest at home alone. Then a few minutes later Scott Cox came by the house to drop off his Mission to Mexico check. He asked if we had any plans and he said he didn't have anything to do either and he was a little bummed. Then right after he left, Andrew called and suggested that he and Virginia could come over and we could play games or something. Again, I said I would let him know. After I hung up, I looked at Elise and said "is God trying to tell us something?" We decided that we would call everyone back and tell them we were going to host the "Un-Party". The idea was to not go to any trouble or plan anything elaborate. We would just pick up from the Birthday Party and everyone could come over and we would play games or watch a movie or something like that.
Around 8:30, I ran over to Wing Stop to grab some hot wings for our dinner. We decided to get some extras to share with everybody. When Stuart and Shauna showed up around 9:00, they brought hot wings from Foghorn's. Then Scott showed up with more wings and fries from Wing Stop! Andrew, Virginia and Jay Snider also came, but thankfully they didn't bring any more wings! We hung out, ate wings and played the 90's version of Trivial Pursuit. Then at midnight, we watched the ball drop and went outside to watch the fireworks from the Fayetteville Square. We finished the Trivial Pursuit game after midnight.
Did I mention that we had a great time? It was really lots of fun. I think none of us had high expectations because none of us had really planned anything. It turned out to be a spectacular evening. I don't think I've laughed that hard in quite some time. It was the most fun I've had on New Year's Eve in a long time (excluding, of course, the NYE that I proposed to Elise).
I really feel blessed to have such great friends and I feel privileged that we got to spend the evening with them.
Anyway, the kids had a great time decorating princess and prince hats, singing fun kid tunes, opening gifts, eating cake and Chick-Fil-A chicken nuggets and grabbing candy out of a princess pinata. Maitlyn truly had a terrific time. After the party, Grammy and Podder (her names for Elise's parents) brought their gifts in and we had another round of gift opening. Then they took off right before dinnertime.
Did I mention that this was New Year's Eve? Well, with getting everything together to host Christmas and Maitlyn's Princess Birthday Party, we really didn't make any effort to get a babysitter for our kids on New Year's Eve so we could go out (NYE has to be the most difficult night to get a babysitter). Actually, we were really looking forward to a quiet night at home just chilling out. It's funny, there is always this sense that everyone is doing something fun on New Year's Eve and if you aren't doing something, then you're some kind of a loser. Stuart called me sometime right after Elise's parents left and asked if we had any plans for NYE. He then suggested that he and Shauna could come over and we could watch a movie or play a game or something. I said I would let him know, but thought maybe we should just relax and rest at home alone. Then a few minutes later Scott Cox came by the house to drop off his Mission to Mexico check. He asked if we had any plans and he said he didn't have anything to do either and he was a little bummed. Then right after he left, Andrew called and suggested that he and Virginia could come over and we could play games or something. Again, I said I would let him know. After I hung up, I looked at Elise and said "is God trying to tell us something?" We decided that we would call everyone back and tell them we were going to host the "Un-Party". The idea was to not go to any trouble or plan anything elaborate. We would just pick up from the Birthday Party and everyone could come over and we would play games or watch a movie or something like that.
Around 8:30, I ran over to Wing Stop to grab some hot wings for our dinner. We decided to get some extras to share with everybody. When Stuart and Shauna showed up around 9:00, they brought hot wings from Foghorn's. Then Scott showed up with more wings and fries from Wing Stop! Andrew, Virginia and Jay Snider also came, but thankfully they didn't bring any more wings! We hung out, ate wings and played the 90's version of Trivial Pursuit. Then at midnight, we watched the ball drop and went outside to watch the fireworks from the Fayetteville Square. We finished the Trivial Pursuit game after midnight.
Did I mention that we had a great time? It was really lots of fun. I think none of us had high expectations because none of us had really planned anything. It turned out to be a spectacular evening. I don't think I've laughed that hard in quite some time. It was the most fun I've had on New Year's Eve in a long time (excluding, of course, the NYE that I proposed to Elise).
I really feel blessed to have such great friends and I feel privileged that we got to spend the evening with them.
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