Family Birthday Party

We celebrated the kids' and Husband's birthdays this weekend with a party at Husband's dad's house. It was nice. Simple.

It was just family and future family. I say "future family" because Elise's baby boyfriend was there.

We blew up a kiddie swimming pool and filled it with ball pit balls. The kids loved that. Then we had strawberry short cake (well, the girls just had strawberries and whipped cream). And afterward we went outside and blew bubbles. So easy.

A word of caution. Don't buy Crayola colored bubbles. They suck.

Husband has read articles and talked for some time about how scientists have been working on making soap bubbles that come out just one color. So pink bubbles or blue bubbles or whatever. When I saw Crayola colored bubbles in the store before the party, I got all excited and bought a bunch of them, all different colors.
Well, the mixture is the consistency of paint and even though it is supposedly washable, it looks BONKERS when you get that mess all over your hands or clothes. Or baby's head. (Oops!) And since the mixture is so thick, it blows really crappy bubbles. Gigantic waste of money.

But the kids had fun. So, yay! First birthday party was a success. :)