So, all in all, the party went well. BUT, no way will I combine birthdays again.

The first time I did so I combined 4 birthdays and had a huge Halloween party with over 30 kids. The neighbors at that time did not help do squat, and one of the kids who was celebrating their birthday was their own daughter. So, basically, I had no adults helping me.

I have had new neighbors since February. We thought about combining my son and her daughter's birthday together. I almost backed out but she assured me that she would be a huge help, etc.

She was, that I grant her. BUT, come the day of the party she was stressing me out and is a high strung individual. First of all, 1/2 hour before the party she's freaking as our kids had to be in her house so that they wouldn't see where we were hiding things for the scavenger hunt. She even freaked on my hubby.

I bought a t-shirt and a hat for her daughter and my son and I wanted all the kids to autograph it as a nice memory for them. Before the party started she said, "well, we will do it if we have time." UGH! (Today I brought my son's in to the preschool and the teachers are getting all the kids to sign it. HA!)

Then the kids were showing up and she's freaking to put name labels on the kids, whereas I am trying to talk to the parents of the kids from my son's preschool.

About 20 minutes to 3:00 (when the party is supposed to end) I am telling her that it's time to hurry up and do the cake and gift opening. She tells me that she talked to a few parents and told them that we might be running behind. Ok, whatever. We said 3:00 ending and that's when the parents are going to expect their kids to be ready to go.

During the cake celebration, Dan was cutting the cake and I was handing it out to Jayden's side of the party. My neighbor is freaking out to get my dog away as she was eating the balloons. Ok, that is serious but surely she could have got my dog away. I just looked at her like, whatever!

Then, at 3 I decided to hand out the goodie bags to all the kids on Jayden's side so that if they had to go at that time, they could. Keep in mind, the gift opening had not started. My neighbor is wondering what the heck I am doing. Who cares, none of her business when I hand out goodie bags to Jayden's side of the party. She can hand out hers whenever as she was responsible for her own daughter's side.

Anyhow, never again. I felt that she controlled the party and I felt very stressed and didn't get a chance to enjoy my son's party.

I know all the kids had fun, but even the scavenger hunt could have been more appropriate for little kids. I would have done things a bit differently.

My second lesson learned and from now on I will not combine parties.

We were so lucky though! It didn't rain until after the party was over. YAY!

My bump at 23 weeks 6 days and 25 lbs. heavier:

that women sounds like a nightmare!! at least it didnt rain to look on the plus side and it sounds like the kids had great fun!!

y9ou have a great bump growing away there!

Blimey she sounds like a control freak!! Must say though the image of your dog eating balloons is kinda funny!!

And you bump is coming along awesomely (if thats a word!!) you look like youve got a great tan!!

Yeah, control freak comes to mind. LOL At the same time, she supposedly is on medication as she is very high strung.

Well, it's my son's birthday today so I will bring something for his preschool class to share in the celebration. Plus I have 3 playdates planned with three different kids - Wednesday, Friday and next Monday. What a popular guy! He most certainly is with the girls! LOL

Jayden is in the light blue shirt and his good friend Courtney in the pink jacket (My daughter Amanda is behind Jayden in the burgundy shirt):



Some of his classmates:





(In the pics above, Dan had just brought these go carts out in order to work on them. This is one of the things my next door neighbor freaked about. "Why is he doing this now?" Blah, blah, blah. Well, look, the little ones loved to sit in them!)



Look at this birthday cake: (Just don't look at the expression on my face! LOL)



Daddy helping cut the cake:



Hmm, don't know what he was doing here:



Also, don't know if I mentioned this but I am planning an end of they year school party for Jayden and Amanda. They can invite a few friends over and will have a picnic or something.

Great pics. Looked like a fun party. So jealous of his birthday cake I got a forever friends one for my birthday

Aww, well that's sweet doctordeesmrs! Some places sure do nice cakes. I ordered Jayden's over the phone and Safeway did an excellent job! I always go there for birthday cakes.

Never mind the expression on your face look at jaydens little face with that huuuuuge cake infront of him!!

"wooooah its bigger than me, how am i gona eat all of this"

LOL He already had the candles blown out twice before we were done singing happy birthday.

These pictures were just from his side of the party and there aren't many and don't include everyone. UGH! Next door neighbor didn't bring her camera so my stepdaughter was running back and forth taking pics of both sides....getting mostly pics of the next door neighbor's daughter. Also, stepdaughter sucks at pics....most don't include the faces. LOL

We were expecting 31 but I think we had a show of 26 kids in total.

Hey hun,

Sorry you had a stress monster bumming you out at the party - the kids looked like they had fun anyway!

Your bumo is coming on a treat!! You dont look like you gained weight - just bump.

x