....I think not!
Hello Everyone,
With Chafeek's graduation falling on Layth's third birthday party,we opted to celebrate on the 9th of June at Memphis' very own indoor trampoline park, Sky Zone. It also worked out well, because Layth's second favorite person behind mom, grandpa ie jiddo made plans to attend the party. And so, it's going to be one fun filled weekend for the little lion between his birthday party and having grandpa here! Speaking of which, today when we went to one of our favorite local toy stores in East Memphis to purchase a birthday gift for another person who happens to share the same birthday we were approached with the question, is this gift for him since I requested it be wrapped. When I replied it was not, it immediately stirred up the question, " Are you throwing him ( him being Layth) a birthday party." Of course, I happily answered yes and proceeded to inform her we were hosting it at Sky Zone and were on our way to Gigi's cupcakes once we left from there to customize an order for his birthday. Immediately, her eyes rolled indicating her thoughts about the location, she thinks he's too young for sky zone. But rather than blatantly questioning the location since it was my decision after all, she asked, " Has he been there before, and does he like it?" I do not know what shocked her more, that I we had been there a handful or times or that Layth asked to jump at Sky Zone after hearing it being repeated back and forth. I cannot say anything negative toward her, because she really is the sweetest toy shop owner you can come by, allowing children to play with the toys in her shop. However, all this talk back and forth about birthdays really deceived Layth into thinking it was his birthday since he asked if we were going to his party. Luckily, we were going to GiGi's next, where I told him we were getting him a cupcake for his birthday. So as I was confirming an order for 48 mini cupcakes, Layth happily sat at the bar eating a sky high frosted Tex Mex Chocolate cupcake. I wish his obsession with his birthday ended there, because once he passed Kroger he mentioned to me, " shopping for birthday cake, " which translates into " please buy a birthday cake." I figured to myself why not, we could have fun with it this afternoon, and we did! Rather than stopping by Kroger, we made a pit stop at Miss Cordelias and purchased a white frosted yellow cake with red flowers. Of course, they didn't sell cake toppers or candles, making it a little difficult to proceed with our afternoon endeavor. Therefore when we arrived home, I searched incessantly through my kitchen cabinets in search of candles. Thankfully, I came across these candles I had left over from my 25th birthday where I hosted a party at home. The pink colored candles did not really appease Layth's taste since he insisted they must be blow. But his thoughts were put aside when he saw three pink candles lit and strategically placed on the cake where he happily sang himself birthday party. And we did not just sing it once, instead we had two encores, each proceeded with lighting, blowing and relighting the candles. Although only one slice of the cake has since been eaten since this afternoon, it goes to show you that a three year old is neither too young for a party nor in complete denial of his and her birthday. Next time though, I think we will opt out of the big birthday and simply buy Layth a cake and celebrate it at home since that in iteself was enough to entertain him. Forget the headaches, the invitations, the endless planning and the stress that surrounds a party, and have cake at home!!!
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| Excited to see the pink candles lit up |
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| Getting ready to blow the candles |
Hello Everyone,
With Chafeek's graduation falling on Layth's third birthday party,we opted to celebrate on the 9th of June at Memphis' very own indoor trampoline park, Sky Zone. It also worked out well, because Layth's second favorite person behind mom, grandpa ie jiddo made plans to attend the party. And so, it's going to be one fun filled weekend for the little lion between his birthday party and having grandpa here! Speaking of which, today when we went to one of our favorite local toy stores in East Memphis to purchase a birthday gift for another person who happens to share the same birthday we were approached with the question, is this gift for him since I requested it be wrapped. When I replied it was not, it immediately stirred up the question, " Are you throwing him ( him being Layth) a birthday party." Of course, I happily answered yes and proceeded to inform her we were hosting it at Sky Zone and were on our way to Gigi's cupcakes once we left from there to customize an order for his birthday. Immediately, her eyes rolled indicating her thoughts about the location, she thinks he's too young for sky zone. But rather than blatantly questioning the location since it was my decision after all, she asked, " Has he been there before, and does he like it?" I do not know what shocked her more, that I we had been there a handful or times or that Layth asked to jump at Sky Zone after hearing it being repeated back and forth. I cannot say anything negative toward her, because she really is the sweetest toy shop owner you can come by, allowing children to play with the toys in her shop. However, all this talk back and forth about birthdays really deceived Layth into thinking it was his birthday since he asked if we were going to his party. Luckily, we were going to GiGi's next, where I told him we were getting him a cupcake for his birthday. So as I was confirming an order for 48 mini cupcakes, Layth happily sat at the bar eating a sky high frosted Tex Mex Chocolate cupcake. I wish his obsession with his birthday ended there, because once he passed Kroger he mentioned to me, " shopping for birthday cake, " which translates into " please buy a birthday cake." I figured to myself why not, we could have fun with it this afternoon, and we did! Rather than stopping by Kroger, we made a pit stop at Miss Cordelias and purchased a white frosted yellow cake with red flowers. Of course, they didn't sell cake toppers or candles, making it a little difficult to proceed with our afternoon endeavor. Therefore when we arrived home, I searched incessantly through my kitchen cabinets in search of candles. Thankfully, I came across these candles I had left over from my 25th birthday where I hosted a party at home. The pink colored candles did not really appease Layth's taste since he insisted they must be blow. But his thoughts were put aside when he saw three pink candles lit and strategically placed on the cake where he happily sang himself birthday party. And we did not just sing it once, instead we had two encores, each proceeded with lighting, blowing and relighting the candles. Although only one slice of the cake has since been eaten since this afternoon, it goes to show you that a three year old is neither too young for a party nor in complete denial of his and her birthday. Next time though, I think we will opt out of the big birthday and simply buy Layth a cake and celebrate it at home since that in iteself was enough to entertain him. Forget the headaches, the invitations, the endless planning and the stress that surrounds a party, and have cake at home!!!
