Levi and Carlos’ birthday party is scheduled for this Saturday. Usually I’m all about a theme, crafts, activities and all and invitations are sent out well in advance. This year, I have no idea where time went. Invitations went out on Monday (5 days notice is good, right?) and last night we figured out the theme. A trip to Party City and Levi wanted a Spiderman theme, and Carlos wanted a Batman theme so we’re doing a combo party. Dee ordered the cake today, 1/2 Spiderman and 1/2 Batman and we’ll decorate a table for each boy. It’s going to be fun.
So the trip to Party City was a chore in itself, trying to contain 3 boys in a store with nothing but cool stuff is tough. We got the things we needed, plus a bunch of Superman stuff (on clearance!) for Trey’s upcoming birthday.
Dee treated us to dinner at Applebees, where one boy (who shall remain nameless) proclaimed, “Oh dear, look what I found in my pocket” as he produced a little notebook that he had stolen from Party City. We knew what we had to do, had a discussion with all the boys about taking things without paying for them, etc and after dinner we headed back to Party City. I took “sticky fingers” into the store, and waited our turn in line. The cashier was all of 12 years old and he grinned at her, handed her the notebook and said “sorry I took this” and she smiled back and him and said “you are so cute, it’s ok” So much for a lesson learned.