Morgan's birthday party was a big flop. For me anyway. For Morgan, I think it was ok. April is just not a good month to have an outside birthday party, and after this party, I vowed never to do one outside again. We'll see if that happens. (I tend to change my mind..........ALOT!) The date that I originally had her party scheduled for most people said they would be able to come, but they were calling for major thunderstorms, hail, strong winds, and possible tornadoes. I knew we couldn't have it outside and my two back up plans were booked, so I changed the date. I actually changed the date several times trying to make it possible for people to come. The problem is we don't have many friends where we live yet and Morgan doesn't really have any here either because she isn't in school yet. But trying to get a date that everybody could come to was next to impossible. Well actually I guess it was impossible because nobody showed up to the party. It ended up being us, my mom, my in-laws, and a friend of mine that I work with and her little boy. 8 people!!!! I was not happy. Not only had I spent time and a lot of money on her party, but it was MY little girls party and nobody was coming. I wasn't mad at our friends because they all had valid excuses, I was just mad at the situation. I had to keep reminding myself that Morgan didn't care or even understand that no one was there and as long as she had fun, that's all that mattered.
Thankfully on party day it did not rain, but it ended up being hot and windy. I did her party at the city park under a pavilion. The only problem with this pavilion is that it is first come first serve. If someone is there you can't make them leave, and if someone comes you can't make them leave. When I got there to set up a party was just ending and they were about to leave. I thought I was lucky. But as I set up for the party, another party arrived, and then another party arrived. Ugh! Well at least there was room for all three parties. And nobody was coming to ours anyway so what did I care?! Thankfully I had brought tacks to pin the tablecloths down, it was so windy everything was blowing away. I bought three bunches of balloons and a huge Minnie which were suppose to be centerpieces for the tables, HA!! That didn't happen. They were s twisted and mess up they ended up to the side on the ground. Morgan was so excited about the Minnie balloon and it popped before the party even started. I had tons of food for 8 people to eat. Let's just say, we ate hot dogs for a week after that.
Morgan is big into Minnie Mouse right now so I did a pink and black Minnie Mouse theme. It was so cute and I loved the way it turned out. If only people would have been there to see it. I didn't even get good pictures of the decor. I got one picture of the food table and didn't notice until late that the tablecloth had blown up and you really can't see that much in the picture. I didn't get a picture of the cute Minnie Mouse head centerpieces I worked so darn hard on. But I did get a picture of the birthday girl blowing her candles out and I did get a picture of the Minnie Mouse cupcakes, and when Morgan saw them she yelled "hey, it's Minnie!". Made me happy!
Morgan had a good birthday because she got to play at the park with a new friend and she got blow out the candles again! She it what matters and as long as she is happy, I am happy. Hopefully next year more people will show up and hopefully the weather will cooperate.
