Ajax: I want a Ninja Turtle birthday party.
Me: What? NO. You said you wanted a dragon party.
Ajax: Well, I want a Turtle party now.
Me: Absolutely not.
10 minutes later…
Me: Fine! Fine! But this is it buddy, no more changing your mind!
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This year I decided I wanted to go all out for Ajax’s fourth birthday. By all out, I mean as all out as a noncrafty, working full time, gotta snag ideas from pinterest, type of party I could muster. And as we are now in a larger house, it meant we could invite more people and not be sitting in each others laps. Which of course added to the overall pressure of party planning.
I took Friday off to prep for the party and bake cupcakes. I made way to many and now my coworkers are going to be very excited on Monday for TMNT cupcakes I’m sure. I kept decorations pretty simple, again taking ideas from pinterest and more crafty persons. Dave and my mother in law were on slime detail Friday night (which we gave out as favors, I used the Borax recipe, but to do over I would have used the non-Borax recipe for little ones). We did a lot of the setting up on Friday night, which was wonderful, as Ajax had his first soccer practice Saturday morning (the party was at 2 pm).
This was the night before. This was also the most organized I’ve been for a family function. Normally I’m still in the kitchen when guests arrive and this time I did not want to be chained to a stove. That’s why we embraced the KISS principle and kept it very simple- chips, dip, apples slices, carrots, pizza (open a bag and go).
Instead of buying helium balloons, this was my modification for table decorations. Ajax thought they were pretty cool.
How awesome are these cupcakes? Yes, a little amateur, but they are the first I have ever attempted and was quite proud. The frosting, however, kept running and the white frosting bag busted, so everyone got blacks eyes.
For an activity, I set up the table with crayons, TMNT print offs, stickers (random, cheap stickers from the dollar store that the kids LOVED), and little paper bag books. Plus, twizzlers in Mason jars, which the adults kept eating before the party, lol.
Green slime with instructions for people to take home.
Ajax did very well this time around when everyone sang happy birthday. He was so cute.
He did a double take when Dave brought out the bike and has been riding it around the house.
Skyping Papa after the party as he unfortunately couldn’t make it down for the party. Ajax loved showing him all his presents.
Overall, Ajax had a great birthday party. He had a ton of fun with his friends and cousins, he ran and played and was an excellent host. He thanked everyone that came and gave big hugs when people left.