Sam's Birthday Party

It was great. The party was Sunday morning, and Sam went to bed in a great mood -- the one where he's bubbly and excited about everything, but still listens (sort of) and is a good boy. Happily, he woke up in the same mood (and it's lasted until now so far). We had a couple of last minute kid drop-outs (life got in the way in one instance, and the Norwalk Virus in the other), so there were only 3 kids Sam's age, but he seemed pretty happy with that.

I know that starting probably next year, we'll have to have organized events for birthday parties, but boy, are 3-year-olds ever easy to plan for! We had one game where they threw foam blocks at targets, and a bunch of balloons to play with. That was it, and that was all they needed. (Come to think of it, that's about all we'd need at an adult party, too! Oh, and drinks.)

We threw things, we ran around, we played with balloons, we opened presents, and then we had cake. Then everybody went home, and we had naptime. Fantastic!