The next day was the big day! We decided this year to combine Sydney and Lizzy's birthday parties since their birthday's are a month apart. For the most part they have all of the same friends right now, so why go through the hassle of planning two parties, right? It's just double the food, double the money, and double the amount of work. Anyway...it was the BEST party. We had it at Franklin Athletic Club. It was so perfect because it accomodated all of the age groups that we had there. They blew up a bounce house, a huge slide, a rock climbing wall, an obstacle course, and had little balls and toys for the really little kids. The best part, in my opinion, is that we had the entire place to ourselves. I hate going to Chuck E. Cheese with all of the parties going on and all of the chaos. This party was just for us and everyone there was there for my kids and it was so much fun. The staff there was excellent too. They set up and decorated everything, they served the food, they gathered up all of the presents for us...it was just really stress free on my end, and I was able to actually enjoy the party...oh AND my house wasn't trashed as in previous years.
We invited family back to the house and had the kids open their presents at home. I figured that kids really don't care about presents unless they are for them. So, I gave the kids more time to bounce at the party and then opened up the presents at home where we could actually read the cards and tell the kids who got them what! They received some awesome presents. It really was a great day with family and friends!
And last but not least, Labor Day. Last year we went to the Temple Israel carnival and had so much fun that we went again this year. The weather didn't really cooperate but we managed to get a little fun in. It's so amazing...the whole event is free...free food, free bounce houses, free pony rides, free train rides, etc.....maybe that's why every Jewish person in town goes to this event...I probably shouldn't say that, but oh well, I just did! We met up with Jake and Jennifer there, but it was hard to actually stay together because all of the kids wanted to do different things. Lizzy had her first pony ride! She was pretty nervous the whole time, but she stayed on. The horse ended up pooping, which is what she remembers about the whole carnival. When she talks to anyone on the phone she says, "Ewww, the horse pooped", as if anyone has any clue what she's talking about! And then when the rain came, we kind of bolted without saying goodbye. I felt bad, but we couldn't find them, and well, I kind of melt in the rain...darn curly hair!! So the day kind of ended early, but I had a lot to do around the house anyway and had to get prepared for Sydney's first day of school. Stay tuned...
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