Funny story... we asked Austin what kind of birthday party he wanted for a couple of weeks at the end of August. We figured that would be enough time for us to get all the stuff together and send out invitations, and we knew toddlers were fickle, so we waited until his answer was actually consistent. He said he wanted a space party. So we went with a space party. We sent out space party invitations, bought planets and stars to hang from the ceiling and ordered a cake that was decorated like the planet Earth. We thought of some fun outer spacey things for kids to do and were really pleased with how things were coming together.
And then, about four days before the party, he said he wanted a Paw Patrol birthday party. And he said this over and over and over again, and I just sort of muttered every time, thinking "nononononononononononononononono." That, and "F- you Nickelodeon," who advertises their Paw Patrol party crap during all the episodes we've dvred. So, when it came to decorate, I was a little concerned.
I shouldn't have been. We had a bunch of decorations up when he woke up the morning of the party, and I could hear him taking Daddy around and showing him the stars and the planets. It was totally fine. And he was stoked to help decorate when I gave him all the space toys I'd rounded up the day before.
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| Yup, the Daleks came. They don't get invited to many parties. |
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| This astronaut is investigating the Trix treats I made, which looked awesomely otherworldly. They were also completely disgusting. Ah well... |
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| R2 was invited, of course. |
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| The nice photography studio down the street saved us this box! Austin wouldn't let me make it into a space ship, insisting it was a train. |
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| A space train ;) |
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| We made Austin's room into another world with a black light and some fun accessories... |
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| Water beads, fluorescent Hot Wheels and submersible LEDs |
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| We have an awesome bakery to do the cake. I did the rainbow though. |
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| I am so glad I've been doing these big cards! Some of the kids were able to actually sign this one, so it's cool to compare the one from last year to now :) |
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| The stash of presents under the table did not go unnoticed ;) |
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| Pretty proud I've done cascarones at almost every birthday! These were meteors... |
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| It's full of stars! |
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| Meteor shower! |
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| The aftermath |
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| Sophie is still not quite clear on the concept. |
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| We also gave out astronaut ice cream. |
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| Of course I did enough for Sophie and Austin to have one too. |
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| That's a lot of crepe paper. |
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| Post party sugar coma |
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