Setting Up

We quickly finished our dinner so that there would be a little time for Clara to set up the fun decorations for her birthday party before bedtime. We hung streamers and windsocks, put enormous flowers all over the room and plastered flowers all over the wall. It was indeed ready for a four-year-old turning five little girl birthday party.

A Little Lesson:
I spent quite a few years doing the themed birthday parties around characters, or sports. The past few years however, I have shifted from the cake matching the loot bag which matches the carefully crafted invitation, which drives the games we play and the activities we orchestrate. Instead I have honed in on what that particular child LOVES to do. That is what we will do for their birthday. Is it swimming? playing games? going to a movie? That is the new theme of the day around here. I like doing it both ways. Children are always up for a day completely dedicated to their enjoyment and happiness!