LittleMan and I survived attending our first birthday party. Since the 2 year olds party was going be held outside at a park playground, I took every precaution I could think of: lightweight clothing for the heat, homemade sunblock via my sister, a hat for Ansel, and all the necessities of the daily diaper bag. I thought we were prepared. I was wrong, very wrong.
The party mom was amazing through the whole event. I don't know if I could've done it better. And besides for the birthday boy briefly crying once, everyone had a great time. As for the party's caution, I did get a little carried away when writing it (but only a little).
This is what the party's warning label should've been:
WARNING!: anxiety may occur when other peoples children wander off towards the parking lot or restroom pavilion alone. The birthday child's mom wants everything to go as planned however it won't because children have short attention spans and won't want to complete any of the planned activities so please help the mom out so she doesn't have a panic attack or decide to go full Rambo on the father who takes an hour to retrieve the pizza or the party participants. Be prepared for strangers to join the playground, it is a public park, and their kids may want to slide first or knock over the pine cone bird feeders you made. Some strangers may approach in close proximity with a cardboard box labeled Free Kittens in which case you will call your significant other and ask for permission to bring home one of said kittens since the stranger who barely speaks a word said he was on his way to the animal shelter and thought he'd try us out first. Once you retrieve a kitten from sketchy stranger, know that the kitten is probably too young to have left it's mother and will have fleas that will take an hour to bathe and comb out of its fur in which case it will scratch the f*** out of you. You're welcome.
My sister holding LittleMan
And Finn (our new kitten) and LittleMan
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