Parenting Under the Stars

Our twins’ birthday is coming up and we all somehow agreed to go bowling. That doesn’t happen every year.

They have this glow in the dark bowling if you spring an extra buck or two so we’re going for that. The last time we played it was a blast but my legs were sore. It doesn’t look that strenuous but I guess if you’re not used to using certain muscles you’ll feel it.

Last year we went for laser tag. It was extremely noisy but they had a lot of fun. The lazer place was a little pushy about using a certain type of pizza. I wasn’t thrilled about that since I’m stuck in my ways so defiantly ordered my usual anyway.

One year we went roller skating. I think that was my favorite because it made me feel like a kid again. We should do that as a family again just because.

Birthday Parties at Home

Home parties don’t seem to work out as well the older they get. They’re not any cheaper either by the time you buy all the decorations and food.

One year we had a jungle theme that I had a lot of fun with and the prizes were snakes and spiders and stuff like that. Since they’re boy/girl twins the boys seemed more thrilled with it.

I got the idea from FamilyFun.com (It’s a Jungle Celebration) and you can still check out more of their ideas there if you want. I made this snake cake which they show you how to create. FamilyFun.com has fun printable labels for crazy food and cranberries become dried ants, apple wedges are croc teeth etc.

There’s a heck of a lot of mess to clean up after a party at home which is another downfall. Our place is not that big either so people are falling all over each other trying to squeeze into one room. If it was summer we could have a barbecue or something but it’s kind of cold and slushy right now.

Last Minute Birthday Party Invites

This has happened to me twice with my youngest daughter in the last couple weeks and it drives me crazy. She insists that they said it’s fine and not to get a present because there was so little notice. I wouldn’t feel right sending her off to a party with no present or money so always come up with something.

Once we painted a pretty personalized jewelry box that I was quite proud of that started out as a plain wooden box. I wish I would have taken a picture of it. My camera is broken and today is my birthday so guess what I’m getting? It will be nice to post some of my own pics.