I'm not really sure how this happened, but Noah turned 8 last month.
EIGHT.
8!
eight.
It doesn't seem possible.
Given that he was turning a big number like 8, I assumed this might be the year that we dropped the birthday party"theme" and standard decorations.
But at Noah's request, it wasn't :)
He warmed my heart in such a big way this year as we talked about his birthday. He desired a small party and asked to have 3 friends spend the night (a first for him). He also wanted to play mini-golf and arcade games at our local All Star Sports place. It was a reasonable request and I immediately told him that would be a great idea.
Just to be sure that I didn't let him down in any way, I asked him if he just wanted to play Wii and other games with his friends when they returned from the Sports place or if he was wanting me to plan activities for them.
He responded by saying they would just play Wii and Basketball. And then came the part that warmed my mama heart. The conversation went like this...
Noah: But can you still decorate a table for me? Like you did for Emily and Abby.
Me: Of course! What kind of decorations do you want?
Noah: Sharks. Because everyone that I'm inviting likes sharks so they will really like it.
Me: Ok. I'll see what I can come up with.
Noah: And can we still have goody bags?
Me: Sure!
Noah: And do you think you could surprise me with the table?
Now I know party decorations are not the key to every mama's heart, but his simple and enthusiastic request for something that I have always done for him made me realize how much he notices and actually likes the special-ness of his past birthday celebrations.
And so I obviously obliged and decorated a shark-themed table for 4 cute little 8 year old boys!
It was fun for me to do something on a smaller scale and because there were only 4 kids, I was able to splurge a bit on the requested "goody bags" and place settings.
Balloons hanging from the ceiling were meant to be reminiscent of the ocean...
The centerpiece was a cupcake and cookie tower topped with a shark head!
The "shark bait" goody buckets were a lot of fun to put together! I stuffed the bottom with spanish moss and filled the buckets with a shark tooth necklace (great deal from this Etsy seller), shark cookie, "Sharks of the World" coloring book, Shark water squirter, blue bubbles, gummy sharks, and a few other shark-y goodies. The boys loved them!
I think this face shows how much he liked his shark table!
Happy Birthday to my 8 year old
shark loving boy!
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| {blue teeth courtesy of yummy cupcake} |
2 comments:
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What a fun party!! I can't believe 2 years have passed since Noah's golf party...! I love that he still wants themes, that's so fun : )
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