Cookie and I were home alone all day on her 6th birthday. She was having a party with friends on the weekend, but for her actual birthday, the two of us baked a cake. She didn't mind that the two of us ate half the cake before the family came home to blow out candles. No frosting, even. The cake was that good. Buzz Lightyear stands guard, a gift from her dad.
Things were fancier on the day of her party. The girls decorated the cupcakes. We played party games and made a craft. It was one of those stressful at-home birthday parties. I realized how much easier it is to go bowling. Eight bucks a kid, they bowl, and you're outta there.
We stayed home because the only thing she really wanted was a pinata. I considered making one; I made a couple when I was a kid. But then I thought better. Maybe homemade pinatas are better suited for 12-year-olds who have nothing else to do all summer. I'm busy, and SpongeBob seemed like money well-spent.The problem was, the only pinatas in the store are the lame kind where you pull a string, and one of the strings opens a hatch in the bottom. How is that fun? And what if the first kid pulls the magic string? All the other kids start crying, that's what.
So the pinata was a sturdy cardboard, not suited for busting apart with a bat. My husband and I knew that, but the kids didn't. They were happy taking turns for a long time swinging at it, beating it. We finally switched to an aluminum bat without a blindfold, and it started to bust apart.
Stuff came out his butt first, to everyone's delight. When it was finally empty, the kids jumped on it and tore it apart like wolves. Everyone went home with a piece, and seemed to like that more than the stuff that was inside it.
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Happy, Happy Six!
Happy Happy birthday!! I love that you ate half the cake early. And I love that you allow the smashing of the pinata. Everyone needs to smash a pinata once in their life. Maybe twice. Whoever came up with the pull-the-string thing...well, anyway. You rock!
The drawbacks to a homemade pinata are numerous, good show on the store bought Spongebob!
I too am tired of home birthday parties. They are cheap, but so stressful, even when they are fun!
I read this post at the time, but this time the third picture down jumped out at me. The pinata looks like a gigantic Sponge Bob off in the distance, standing on some rocks a little closer than that tree. He looks like he's going to run down and join the party: "Hey Everybody! I'm here! It's the best day ever!"
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