129 Birthday's and Parties and counting........

Over the years we have seen our fair share of parties and Birthdays....at the present count from tomorrow 129!!!! so far.
We still have a long way to go to.

Given the restraints, we have been creative to say the very least.
Cakes have been manufactured at home from scratch as well as bought.
Some of the favourite home made ones are:

Thunderbird Island

Fairytale castle

Barbie Ball dress

Twilight with blood red cake inside

Aladin and Jasmine on a carpet

Pocahontas in her canoe and Robots

We try to keep to a theme each each which makes the party less boring and means everyone has something to take home. Being teachers has helped with both the confidence to organise and execute some of the more adventourous ideas it's fair to say!
Some favourite themes have been:
High School Musical
Twilight
Neon Party
Super sweet sixteen
Disney Princesses
Pirates and Princesses
Playdays
Tweenies
Spice Girls
S club seven
Popstars party
Justin Beiber
Rockstars
T shirts

We have had pizza making parties, pamper girl parties, dinosaur painting parties and Easter egg hunt parties. We have taken photos and printed them on t shirts, we have tye dyed t shirts, we have embroidered t shits and ironed on pictures as well. We have made all sorts of masks and painted numerous small objects, and to save cluther and mess we have hired the local sports centre and had bouncy castle parties and rock climbing parties.

My father always went to a huge amount of effort with my birthday parties and I can still remember his amazing triffles to this day.
Perhpas it id because of this I have wanted my children's birthdays and parties to be special.
They have remembered each one and often reminsie about them as they grow older.
 They start to plan the next one as soon as the last birthday has past.
A current favourite for many years has been either the latest disney movie, or 'in' pop artist or film.
I must admit my favourite of all time was Martha's Twilight party.

It took several days worth of cake making to achieve a blacker than black icing and a blood red cake. When you cut into it the result was quite shocking I am pleased to say. Labels for blood red drinks were printed along with Twilight sayings and red and black food.

 We have enjoyed the sleepover, albeit noisy and getting to know all the children's freinds much better.The children all look forward to each party and get involved in whatever way they can. This means they can have up to 10 parties just in our family alone each year.I have lost count of the ammount of sandwiches we have buttered and cut into shapes as well as the different foods we have bought for each one.
Tey get to choose what they can eat and come and do the shopping as well.As the children grow older they dress up once again and hit town and the clubs with their friends. Themes re appear once again, although a bit more rauncy and sophisticated the second time round:
 Saucy Sailors
Moulin Rouge
Combat
Avatar
to name but a few. They always start from home and have a few photos before they leave for a long night out!
We have had birthdays in tents, central London, in France and in Prague. We have had parties in heat and in minus conditions with blizzards. Our children arrived in every season, so we have to cater for whatever inclement weather is thrown at us and always have a 'plan B'.
And so tomorrow sees another party to add to the list. The food is bought, the house will need tidied and then the noise will commence once again. Photo's will be taken and stored.
'Memories last forever'.