Delivering the tiered “cupcake cake” to the table and as soon as it’s put down, the top tier slides off onto the bottom tier.
Yeah, that was only one of the many problems with today’s birthday party for K.

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This past Saturday was K’s sixth birthday. As is “tradition” in the Walaski household, she was treated to the theme party “of her choice.” Her theme this year? Winter Wonderland Penguin Princess Party. (She got to choose her party with heavy input from Ms. W and I. Since we [...]

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Today is S’s 10th birthday. We had a great time yesterday and this morning. S only had two girls over for dinner and a sleep over. Or more like, dinner and a got-the-sleeping-bags-out-but-rather-run-around-screaming. I’m fairly sure that at 2:00 AM this morning, the sound level inside the house was near [...]

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Well, today we opened our home to what ended up being about 17 kids and their mothers to celebrate K’s 5th birthday. Because of a few last minute cancellations, we didn’t have the 20+ expected. This year’s theme? Tropical Hello Kitty, so we made our house into a tropical paradise. A [...]

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This past weekend was S’s 9th birthday. It was a lot of work, and a lot of fun, although this may be the last of the “big” parties. We’re all exhausted.
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First, the invitations. As this was a “Tropical Paradise” party, how better than a message [...]

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Today was K’s 4th birthday party. She had invited about 16 friends from the neighborhood and family friends, of which about 14 kids came. To say she was wound up would be an understatement. She was everywhere! But everyone knows “how she is,” and it was no surprise that it [...]

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Well, yesterday was a big day. We held K’s 3rd Birthday Party with 9 of her best friends. (YES!!! It was a small party!) Here’s a few of the pictures. Click to see the larger picture:
The Royalty were arriving for the Birthday Ball.

The Castle Cake
Front View:

Dance floor view (note the “imported [...]

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Well, it’s been quite the day here at the NCWC. We held S’s 7th Birthday Party with 15 of her best friends. I’ll give highlights in the coming days, but here’s a few of the pictures. Click to see the larger picture:
Popping the balloons to find the Experiments

The Stitch Pinata

The Hawaiian [...]

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