This weekend saw the birthday of my lil Niece who turned 5......well to be truthful she has taken after her Mother (and the Queen) and whilst her Birthday was last Monday, has managed to spread one birthday over two weekends the first was with the in-laws who visited, and last weekend was the official party.
After gladly accepted the invitation.....well the whole family had......it was a trip down to Brize Norton to visit the Sister and co, with more pressies than seemed to be delivered at Chrimbo, and airbeds all round to crash in the living room. This seemed like a great idea before a very late, and only slightly drunken night out on Thursday night. At the moment weekends are a chance to lie in beyond 5.20am, although I hadn't really thought ahead, and which wasn't going to be exceeded too far when sleeping on a miniature bouncy castle in a house with a five year old, who was always going to be very excited given that presents were available.
My Sister and her hubby had booked out the families club and arranged for some entertainers. After spending most of Friday cutting cheese and ham sarnies into interesting shapes and frantic purchasing of party rings, hula-hoops and flapjacks these were distributed around the club, balloons inflated and banners put up. It was then that the entertainers arrived. I'm not sure if it was just me, but party entertainers when I was kid seemed to be either a magician who would do the rounds, or a clown who I remembered smelt very odd. The three young people, who looked like the cast of a children's TV programme turned up and swiftly installed two small inflatable bouncy 'things'......I thought that they were just castles.....or used to be in my day! a table for face painting, party games distributed and a magician's stand erected.
The finishing touches were just completed when the herd of tiny elephants turned up (well only about 25) and I take my hat off to the entertainment team. There were no tears, no tantrums, and no pressure. The kids were all kept entertained.......(when not eating ALL the pink wafers......not that I am at all disappointed!) I have to admit that I had been dreading the thought of being stuck in a hall with 25 five year olds running amok, but the whole day went fantastically.
So hats off and a huge round of applause to kid's party entertainers......oh and to all parents, who manage it on a day to day basis.
what a wonderful birthday picture:) As for my girls, no entertainers for us--but lotsa crafting and friends/family...
ReplyDeleteThank you Emily. Was a really great time. It was such a long time since I've last been to a kids b'day party and the few entertainers who I remember from my childhood were extremely mixed, but these three were fantastic. Having said that for small gatherings (a lot less than 25) family and friends with lots of arts and crafts is really nice. Jess just seems to love crafts....one friend bought her a knitting set which she couldn't wait to start.
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So cute! My nephew is two and a half, and I don't always get to see him for his birthday, so lovely to read your post. I would like to add teachers to the list of people to take your hat off to. Not sure where they get the energy!
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