anyone who knows me knows that i HATE HATE HATE throwing a kid’s party. that is why i have avoided it for so long. i don’t understand children. i don’t know what they like, how they think, etc. i mean, i know how MY kids are, but a gathering of children literally frightens me.
and, i’ve been to so many parties where it looks like martha stewart planned it. although i walk away thoroughly impressed and slightly jealous, i personally don’t have any interest in spending the time or money. i am lazy. i don’t want to give out goodie bags. i don’t want to decorate. but at the same time, i don’t want people to think my kid’s party is the shittiest one they’ve ever been to.
martin put his foot down and said that this year we had to throw margot her first kid party. he said he would take care of everything which of course means, he wouldn’t.
i bitched and moaned through the ENTIRE process. thankfully, hazel was there to hold my hand to and help me understand what is expected and blah blah blah.
anyway, we invited about 5 kids and their parents over. we made english muffin pizzas, showed them how to take pictures with the polaroid camera, made christmas wreaths, and at the end, martin threw a whole bunch of toys in the driveway and let the kids have at it.
but when the cake came out margot had the BIGGEST smile on her face and she was so excited that all these people were singing happy birthday to her that i guess it was all worth it.
she also had a party at her school (dang kids’ parties get expensive) which she was really happy about as well.
i still refuse to do it EVERY year, but maybe every 5 years she’ll get a party where she can invite people not related to her.
special thanks to martin wong for all the pictures and to hazel for doing the crafts with the kids!
Margot and Iggy 