Grant's party

Grant is now 7 years old and we are finished with all the celebrations. He had more toys than he knows what to do with. We had a family party and a friend party. He wanted an outer space theme party. I ordered some great things from Oriental Trading. We bought the blow up solar system and found we had two Earths and no Neptune, so we had them send out a replacement. David hung them from the ceiling downstairs. During the party I had the kids answer questions about the solar system. So, yes, I am that mom that turned a party into a learning experience. The kids had to stick the head on the alien, throw Transformers bean bags threw holes in space, and had a wonderful time hitting the pinata to get all the candy. We forgot to have the kids throw the mini golf discs. David was going to make them be alien space ships that were coming in for a landing. I always get a 1/2 sheet cake for our birthdays. Grant has a space shuttle that we put on the cake for a decoration. The cake is almost gone one week after the party. I bought inflatable space shuttles for the kids to take home. They all had a great time and enjoyed all the fun things they got to take home. I may overdue things for a kids party but I have a lot of fun putting it all together. I do have pictures but I am terrible about posting any. Grant put together a poster for school and had a week where he got to be the special helper. He is growing up so fast that I have to take time to just watch him and soak it all in.
I don't have to plan another party until May but since I am having a baby before then I am making some preparations already. We know our Lila is going to have some sort of princess party. I found these adorable little bead bags to hand out to the kids who come. This will be Lila's first friend party. Two out of the three birthday's she has had have been in California due to us going on vacation. No vacation planned this year so she is thrilled to invite her little friends over to her house for a party.
So birthday party was a success and we are now looking forward to the arrival of the new baby girl. The name of this girl is still up in the air. We will decide for sure when we see her. We just bought a new car seat because the old one was only supposed to be used for 6 years and we bought it for Grant 7 years ago. Now I just have to get a new dresser and wash the clothes before the baby comes. I will have a few months to get Lila's room ready before the baby will be sharing it with her.