A Birthday Party

Ali was invited to her first birthday party of the school year.  When the e-vite came through on my email I had to ask the girls who knew a boy names Owen.  This didn't help since they apparently both have boys named Owen in their classes.  I moved onto the last name and found a winner.  The invite was for Ali to go to a Super Hero party.  The day came for the party and since Ali doesn't know who the superheros are and does not have any superhero gear I put her into a dress that had butterflies on it and told her if anybody asked her superhero power was to turn into a butterfly.  She was fine with them.  We arrived at the party and the mom was ready for kids who were not in costume.  She had capes ready for kids who needed them and then everybody sat down to decorate their superhero wrist bands.  After decorating the wristbands the kids put them on and then headed into the gymnasium (the party was held at the Boston Sports Club) for Superhero training school.  The mom went for about 45 minutes keeping the kids engaged in superhero exercises.  I was exhausted watching her!  The dad came in at the end as the evil clown and dropped plastic balls all over the floor and then he climbed into a box that came below his waist and the kids all picked up the balls and threw them at him.  He was a good sport because he must have gotten hit in the face with plastic balls at least five times.  After getting all the balls back in the box the kids lined up and filed back to the party room for cake and ice cream.  Ali had fun at the party.  It was nice to see her interact with her new friends.  She was ready to go home though by the end of the party.  I guess that is a sign of a good party...all the kids exhausted!