I asked my daughter Denyce 6 months ago what theme would she like for her upcoming bday. Since she had such a fun time camping at Pine Cove with her school; she really wanted a camping party with all her friends. Well months turned into weeks and weeks turned into days and before we knew it, October rolled around! I didn't want to worry my daughter but for once I didn't have anything prepared! Gasp! I just woke up, made breakfast, and started cleaning the entire house. Then I got on my computer and did all the graphics around 10am. And hurried up to get groceries for the party at 11am. While I was baking my daughter's camping cake, she helped me with the party favors and some decorating. It was my first time baking a swirl cake- chocolate and strawberry. Denyce hoovered over me and asked, "do you know what you're doing?" I told her, "yeah, I got thissss! I saw this on pintrest!" lol. Turned out perfect and it was super easy! We had hotdogs with chili meat, nachos, corn dogs, smores, and I made two types of sherbert punch. I didn't want her to do too much on her special day so I just told her to take a shower and get dressed. The party started at 4pm and her friends started arriving one by one. The girls had fun and it was my opportunity to get to know my daughter's new friends she met at middle school. The girls were very sweet, they told me I get them and they felt like I could relate because I wasn't as old as their mommas! OMGosh, the bluntness! Denyce kept telling the girls I was 29 but I had to set the record straight and tell them I was 29 1/2 (shhhh) lol. Later the girls watched a movie in the living room and set up their sleeping bags. I stayed up with them until they feel asleep which was 3am! I was laying in bed asking myself why o why do I throw birthday parties again? A sleepover wouldn't be the same without donuts in the morning, so after breakfast I put all the girls to help clean the disarray. The little stinker collected a nice amount of change and is wanting to buy a 5th generation ipod. All in all, I was very proud of myself for throwing her a deserving party at the last minute and she tells me she had a fun birthday which at the end of the day makes it all worth while.
