The saying "better late than never" seems to be ringing very true for us this year.
Normally I have excuse after excuse as to why I'm behind on stuff. All those excuses are usually unjustifiable, but this year they really are true.
Our plan for L's birthday this year was a drive-in movie themed party. My husband bought a gigantic blow up outdoor movie screen, we had the projector already (along with a stand), and were all stocked up with the snacks in our pantry. It was going to be budget-friendly and fun!
Prior to his birthday, COVID-19 happened and almost everything and everyone was put on lockdown. This didn't affect our plans too badly, but we did have to rethink the guest list and make sure we had enough room outside for people to social distance themselves. Then came the weather. We've been having a pretty rainy spring (but that's typical for the PNW, right?), so in order to pull off a drive-in theater party it would have to be a nice day. Well, that didn't happen by his birthday, so we had to reschedule. Then reschedule again. Aaannnd reschedule another time.
The kids and myself had a 16 day trip planned to Portland to visit family. We had to have his party before we left. So we made the executive decision, that if everyone was okay with it, we'd have the party inside our house. I made a banner, we blew up balloons, got snacks and drinks ready, made cupcakes, and cleaned the house (Clorox and Lysol are my best friends!).
The day before we left for our trip, we pulled the party off - without any hitches! In my opinion, it went really well. It reminded me of the good old 90's when we used to decorate the house, make our own cakes or cupcakes, invite friends over and play party games (or just run around outside). I miss those days and I think we are going to be doing birthday parties at our house like that from now on (let's bring it back into style!).
I'm really just glad that we were able to have a birthday party for him (he's never actually had a birthday party with friends, only family). It felt really special and he seemed to enjoy it.
Happy Birthday Logan!
