The Doll
The boy was very excited about his new doll. He held her sweetly and seemed proud to pose with her.
These two pix are my favorites:
It pretty much went downhill from there.
The Cake
The boy chose a Happy New Year theme. He liked the clock and all the colors.
It has only taken me nine years to figure out exactly what kind of cake to order:
1/4 sheet of chocolate AND
a 1/4 sheet of white,
both with white buttercream filling,
frosted & decorated together as a single cake.
It’s not as pretty later in the day, but both halves taste really good.
The final improvement over last year’s version was the omission of the fruity filling. The sliced strawberries do that sliced strawberry thing and look kinda scary the next morning. Blech. 😕 They had to go this time.
This year, his name was even spelled correctly. Thank you, Vons bakery manager lady!
There’s a ton of it left in the kitchen. Wanna come by and have a slice?
The Helium Balloons
I can’t tell you how heartbreaking it is to me that we didn’t get a single photo of the helium balloons. 😦 I thought they were magical.
Our front room has a 24-foot ceiling. Sounds grand, but it’s really more problematic than anything else.
Every year, the balloons head up there and are impossible to get down when the kids want to play with them. I’ve never really liked tying the balloons to chairs or anchoring them with toys or weights, so this year I paid extra to have twenty-foot ribbons.
The balloons floated skyward as usual, but the long ribbons (two dozen of them) dangled down and made a little rainbow ribbon forest that we could walk through. It was very festive and I am determined to do it every year from now on.
The floral department was NOT pleased with my request. Right from the start, I even offered to pay more and they still gave me crap. Then they called me at home to give me more crap. World ribbon shortage or something. Annoying. Small minded. Not service oriented. Whatever.
It’s funny to me that the skills I’ve built advocating for my kid spill over to stuff like this. Heh heh.
The Other Balloons
The husband blew up a zillion extra balloons to leave outside the boy’s door the night before the party. This is what he woke up to:
The front door was like a vacuum. Every time we opened it for a new guest, the balloons were sucked out at lightening speed. The scramble to retrieve them was funny, but rather unsuccessful. Many met their ends on the porch or lawn. It was kind of a nice icebreaker for our friends and family though! 😀
Miscellaneous Other Birthday Photos
Happy Birthday Party, Little Boy!!
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P.S…
Dumbest thing I did at the party?
Putting the pizza boxes on top of the piano.
The “protective” towels made it worse.
Jenifer, don’t look. 😦
Anybody know a good piano restoration service? 😐
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bockychoy 
Thanks for posting the party pics! I laughed when I saw the baby doll perched up in the net of the jumpy!! Happy birthday, Thomas!
I LOVE the pictures! It was a great party, Love. And the cake was delicious. Tommy seemed really happy with everything and every body. He is so sweet.
Hello. The party looked like great fun and the balloons were a terrific idea. The baby doll got watch all the kids play in the jumpy. Bet it had fun. The cake looked so good. Send some up. The piano has taken all sorts of beatings, and it is still friendly. Got to love it. When it was in Walnut Creek the cats would jump onto it from the stairs and skid across the top with claws outstretched. Once we had it tuned and the entire piano was filled top to bottom with cat hair. No wonder it sounded muffled. It will survive, just put the big bull statue on it. Love you!
The doll hanging onto the net of the jumpy toy is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen!
Happy Birthday, Thomas!!!
How does one misspell Thomas? Even Delson?
Great reference to Von’s cake lady. Remember in ‘Smokey and the Bandit’, Buford T. Pusser calling the waitress “nice lady”?