We had Citrus’s birthday party today at a nearby regional park next to a carousel and miniature steam locomotive. It all went pretty well except for the train derailment, but no kids were lost.
Planning for this party introduced me to a whole new world. I guess I had never been to a true party planning store with everything under the sun that you might want and probably don’t need.
It is ridiculous that it is possible to provide a child with a 24-hour relationship with a cartoon character. From the moment they wake up to going to sleep, there is a branded product for every activity and bodily function. So it did amuse me to see that you could buy branded pinatas and have your child beat the living daylights out of Dora The Explorer, Spongebob, Wall-E, or Elmo.
We skipped a pinata, however, and settled with Pin the Tail on the Bunny. Elysia drew a donkey and a bunny, and the bunny was better so with a bit of construction paper we had a party game. This was, of course, after my idea of Pin the Tail on Flat Mommy was rejected. When it was her turn, Citrus refused to wear the blindfold and still put the cottontail near the shoulders.
Naturally, our daughter requested a Hello Kitty cake. I would never stay up until 3am decorating a cake painstakingly filling in an icon of multinational corporations with a #14 tip.
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Holy crap, you have a lot of patience. It looks great! Very nice cakes btw!