Birthday Weekend

Saturday night was spent at some relatives house for a surprise birthday party for my Uncle. The 50’s themed party went off pretty well, with my uncle doing his best to look surprised when he walked into the party he already knew about. No one had tipped him off, but he figured it out on his own at some point, and never let anyone know. By the end of the night, my uncle was piss ass drunk and making a fool of himself in only the best way. Good times.

Sunday, however, was a much more busy day. After getting up early to stuff 12 goody bags, I had to run errands to pick up Kamys birthday cake, some 2 liters of soda, a birthday card (how I forgot that I will never figure out), and some birthday donuts for breakfast. By 11am we were loaded in the car and on our merry way to the party venue for the 6 year old birthday bash 6 weeks in the making.

Much to my disappointment, only 5 of the invited 25 guests actually showed up for the party. I should not have been surprised, since the five who showed were the only five who actually did RSVP. I guess I was just let down by the family members who never even bothered to call, even though my daughter and I have attended every one of their parties.

Regardless of the class-less people who didn’t show up, my 6 year old had SO MUCH FUN. She ran around like a banshee and got crazy with all the kids who did show up, and then chowed down on her pizza and cake before opening the mound of presents brought to her by the family and kids that did show up. She was spoiled, and it didn’t seem to phase her that the party was unattended by more than 75% of the guest list.

Later that evening, seven of us piled in our cars and drove to Wabi Sabi, a teppan steakhouse somewhat like Bennihana for her celebratory dinner. Yes, my 6 year old loves this place. She loves the “big fire” and the “volcano” and the cool knife tricks that our cook does. Her favorite part is trying to catch a piece of zucchini that he flips off his spatula through the air into her mouth. She didn’t actually catch it, but she laughed each time he tried. Over all it was a good day and night, and she really was spoiled. The gift giving spilled over into Monday, with two kids from her school bringing her gifts in lieu of not attending her party, and another of my cousins coming over after she got out of school to give Kamy more gifts.

I feel like I accomplished my mission to give her a good birthday; which will be the last one she has before she is no longer the only child/grandchild. My niece is due in 15 days, and my second daughter will be here in less than 4 months; then Kamy’s world will totally change, so I feel like I need to make these last few months as fun as I can for her.

I’m trying,

K