I have taken a bold step. Every December my husband and I have gone round and round as to what to do for Paige's Birthday party. He says the house is too small. I say it is only 2 hours and maybe everyone won't come. And every year we end up doing what he has wanted to do and we have gone somewhere. But this year, I said no way. When we do the party somewhere else, it always ends up being more expensive. Not this year. We are going to do a simple party. And because of when we scheduled it we don't even have to plan a meal. Cost is now down in half.
The theme... Christmas. No decorations needed, the tree will be enough. We are going to decorate cookies, gingerbread. The kids are going to listen to the story about the gingerbread man. Everyone is going to drink hot cocoa with marshmallows and we will offer some homemade Chex Mix and popcorn. We might have homemade play dough that smells like peppermint for the kids to play with. Goody bags will be Christmas themed; filled with candy canes, a pack of crayons and one small coloring book. Top the party off with a homemade cake and we are good to go!
I feel good about the party this year, it will be fun to have Paige open her birthday presents by the Christmas tree. And it will be the first time some of these people have been to our house since Paige was just a newborn.
Now I just have to step out of my comfort zone and follow through by actually finishing cleaning the WHOLE house and KEEPING it clean until the party! This is going to be a huge stretch for me but I am just taking it one step at a time!
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