About 6 months ago, Connor started inviting all his friends and classmates to his 5th birthday party that would be at Pump it Up. Since it was the "BIG 5" birthday and verbal invites had already been delivered, we had no choice but to deliver. At the same time, his best friend and classmate was planning his own birthday party for Pump it Up (their birthdays are a little over a month apart and the parties would have ended up being close). Luckily us moms think alike as we got the bright idea to combine the birthday parties since the invite list was exactly the same and the boys excitedly agreed. We were very excited to be sharing in the party planning (and to save some money).
In addition to the classmate party, Connor requested that we have the "regular" party of family and friends at our house which we had close to his actual birthday. When it came time for the classmate party about 2 weeks later and 2 weeks before Carac's birthday, there was a lot of confusion for the boys about what birthday this really was. "Am I 6 now or still 5?, Is Carac now 5 even though he doesn't have his birthday yet, Why am I having 2 birthdays?, Is Carac going to have 2 birthdays". Who would have thought that 2 birthday parties would be a bad thing!?!
The confusion didn't last long as the boys were very excited on the day of the party. To add to the delight, we received 7 inches of snow in Evansville the night before which was not the norm nor expected. Luckily, that did not deter their classmates from having 90 minutes of bouncing and sliding fun with them as about 20 kids arrived to celebrate their birthday. It was nice to put faces and names together with some of the kids and the parents. Some parents participated in the fun too and I think were glad to have a place to take the kids on a cold, snowy day.
Overall the party was a huge success. The birthday boys, and Brady, were so excited to have some of their friends from school there celebrating with them. We let the boys open one gift at the party and take the rest home. The friends were very generous and Connor got quite a few new things to keep him busy such as Lego kits and coloring kits. He had a lot of fun after the party preparing (or I should say signing) the thank you notes! He remembered what each person got him as I would ask him first and then write it on the note for him.
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