With Spring Break, I feel like I completely lost time planning for it, but things turned out great! I delayed sending out the invitations because I was HOPING we could have the party at the fire station. I had to get clearance from the city's head chief, and he wouldn't call me back, so I said forget it, we'll have it at the house and pray it doesn't rain. Late Thursday night, I remembered I had to send out the invitations, so I printed out these:
They didn't have just fire truck stickers, so some kids got a truck, some got the boots and hats and some got a hydrant. Not going to win an award, but better than an evite!
The next week, I had everything put together for the party, but I couldn't find any fire fighter
badges, so I called the station. They guys said to come on over and they'd have some stickers a
nd coloring books for me, and Nugget could tour the station. Sweet!
The super cute very polite fire guys let Nugget climb all over the truck. He got to go inside and push a bunch of buttons and climb on the front and look at every little thing.
They were SUPER patient as he pointed to EVERYTHING and said, "What's that?" and they
would answer. Then every answer was followed up with a "What does it do?"
I've never seen a kid so excited about the jaws of life.
He even got to go in the kitchen and they gave him a banana. As we were leaving, one of the guys gave him a purple glove blown up like a ballon and you would have thought he gave Nugget a million bucks!
So the next day was party day!
The boys took Zoe to the spa (because I didn't know ANY of these kids and didn't want one freaking out about a dog and having to deal with a scared kid and a Zoe locked in our bedroom. Plus, she needed a bath. Aunt T entertained the kids and I finished throwing stuff around. Here are some party pic:
We also had "Pigs in a Fire Blanket," but I didn't get a picture.
I thought up lots of fun, cute, fire themed games and activities, and while I won't share them all, I will share their favorite:
Yup. Uncle J had one balloon left and tied it to the bucket of water guns. The kids LOVED it.
Later, we let a bunch of 4 year-olds take out their aggression on a fire truck pinata (no pull string, just give the preschoolers a stick!), opened presents and had cake.
The kids grabbed a fire pail party favor, and we took the birthday boy out for some hibachi deliciousness where Nugget fell asleep at the table. Now that's what I call agood day!
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Happy Birthday to Nugget! Wow, what a party! It looks so awesome, I want to come! You sure know how to throw a kid's party in true Southern style. I need to learn a bit more about how to achieve that. FUN!!!
Thanks Annie! We had lots of fun! And how sad is it that most of the serving pieces I used were wedding gifts and the first time I used them was for my 4 y-o's birthday?!
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