We had a party. It was a success...or good enough anyway (never does go exactly as planned). The kid was happy. I'm happy to have it over with. Here's how it went down. First we invited a few people... The people came... We had a little CaKe... I decided to get brave and attempt making the cake myself this year. And after a lot of consulting with others and a bit of stress involved...we had cake. ...and CuPCaKes I nearly poisoned a few children with the red frosting. I had to use a LOT of red food coloring to actually get RED. Wasn't really thinking about how they might taste. Always choosing fashion over function...oops! And a little CandY... ...PoP cOrN...PeaNutS... ...CiRCuS PeaNutS... Then we played some GaMEs... SpiLLed the MiLk... ToSseD BeaN baGs aT the CLoWN... FisHed the PoNd... ToSsed the RiNGs... Had a CLoWn ReLaY... RaCed the DuCKs... Got DuNked in the TaNk... Won PriZes and FaVOrs... We had everything a clown could need, bow ties, red noses, BiG sunglasses, BiG flowers, whoopee cusions, trick cameras and gum (the spraying kind), a few noise makers and of course gold fish (yes, real ones)... I made a few flowers for the older girls and adults that helped. THANK YOU ALL!! Missed a few of the deCoRAtiONs... I didn't get much of the decorations up due to the hurricane force winds we had. That's right, we had a party in the wind :P Had a little of this... But I did manage to get my pennant banners up (and they even stayed up). I didn't get tables decorated as you can see above. A lot of the decor stayed in the house and didn't get used : ( Guess that just means we'll have to have another carnival : ) ...that is if the RinGmASteR allows it. What can I say, I'm one lucky girl to have this guy who puts up with me. Here he is after the circus (and I mean it literally!) sopping wet (from being dunked in the dunk tank), covered in frosting (from kids faces) managing to put a smile on his face so that I can get a picture of his shirt. What a guy! And that was that. We had a party. Now I can put these feet up (for a couple of months anyway) and rest for a bit. One more year, one more party down.
