Oh I love it when a plans comes together!

[S1ur]

DD's party was awesome and fabulous and enjoyed thoroughly by children and adults.

I am sooo smug right now

Thank you to any and all who helped

When a plan comes together.

Drunk on success

Must go and settle excited dc but will report back

So, dc are calmed and happy

Now I have a gllass of wine and am full of party food leftovers. SO all is well.

I am very chuff, dd had an ace time and other children loved it and adults were happily stuffed with food.

I am in love (still obv) with dh who made a pirate ship in the garden, with sails and flag and the playhouse slide whizzing into it out of cardboard boxes

Wow! That sounds like a fantastic party. Well done!

Slur the party planner.

Ithankinouy.

Oh shall I tell you what Food we had. You may dribble a little.

There was puff pastry pizzas
Pitta pocket sandwiches
spinach and feta pie
tuna and flagolet bean pasta salad
halomi with lime and capers
chicken strips marinated in basil and tomato
homemade sausage rolls (veg and meat)
Warm crusty bread with hot garlic and rosemary butter to dip in
Potato salad
Crisps and more crisps and olives etc
THE cake!
marbled chocolate rasin tray bake
buns
shortbread pirates
raspberry and grape and strawberry mix
raspberry jelly and ice cream

and many many many chocolate gold dubloons

I am thankful no children were sick.

WOW! I bet the little darlings didn't want any tea! Sounds Lovely (yum).

Quite right! it was tea, party from 3 til erm sometime and went over teatime, so who am I but to provide yummy things for adults.

Oh I am chuff chuffity chuffed, I overheard so many adults saying yum in variously ways. Ahhhhh.

And I said about boat right? And I did a treasure trail round house, decked out dc room with carefully positioned duvet cover aso you had to crawl in to find 'message in recently emptied wine bottle'.

Oh and it didn't RAIN!!!!

, lucky you! Get those business cards printed and pop them in the thankyou noted. Slur: Party caterer and planner. I like it!

Thank you for indulging me Avena I don't brag much (esp on MN) so it is particularly appreciated that you post back. I realise it is not necessarily interesting to anyone. someone who wasn't there.

I think it's interesting. It sounds like you did a fantastic job. ds has been to some crap parties in soft play centres so it's giving me ideas for his birthday. I suppose he'd like to go lazer thingy though.

Oh yes I am milking it for all it is worth while they want this sort of thing. I fully realise there will probably come a point where they want me to drop them at cinema and sod off.

I could join in with paint balling or cimbing wall. I don't fancy lazer thingy though.

What are you planning next? Why are we chatting on 2 threads?

Oh Hello! Cali!

this might work....

I'd best whipped these pics off in am sometime since two of the children aren't mijne!

My ones are the ones wearing the skulls and crossbones black costumes.

WOW! That cake's a work of art! It was a shame to chop it up.

that pirate ship looks fab and the cake wow! glad you had a great time.

Chopping it was hilarious, not made for chopping. But I gave each dc chance to nab goodies before slicing up and then basically dismantled it for party bags.

Cept it was treasure chest not bags but yswim.

I am embarassed by my bragging I apologise.

It was good though

Oh you clever thing

Ohh, keep on bragging. You really did a fantastic job. You are allowed to brag. Your kids will go to school on Monday and their friends will be talking all about the party.