Just Simply Holly

My youngest child turns 12 in a matter of days and this years party is going to be a small get together with friends and family with possibly a Luau theme. She’s excited, and I’m thrilled that we’ve whittled the guest list down to 15 from almost 50. Trying to convince her that I simply can’t afford a party for that many people was a VERY time consuming chore.

She does have the advantage of having a birthday in warm weather months, which means an outdoor party is always a possibility as long as the weather permits. Since she’ll be 13 next year I’m more open to a larger party and we’ve already been talking about different things we could do and different themes for the party. One thing that I thought of the other day was having an airbrush tattoo party. Kids love fake tattoo’s, even teenagers, and I think it would be a fun thing to do. And we have a large enough yard that we could easily do several different “stations” with things do to.

I guess I’ll have to see what she thinks the next time we talk about it. I know she has all kinds of plans for her party next year, I’m just hoping that she and I can come to some sort of middle grounds so that I don’t have to take out a loan to do it….LOL!