Emma's 6th Birthday Party!

Well, here is the long awaited recap of Emma's birthday.  In my mind I envisioned it quite differently than what actually took place, but it's over and so all is well.  :)  I knew that since we were inviting 50 + kids that I wanted activities that would keep them entertained and provide me with low stress.  So the carnival theme came about.  We had 6 "booths", Craft table (Name tag craft), Paint Spinner, Duck Pond, Face Painting, Sack Races and Spider Toss.  I thought that we would have so many kids that there would be children waiting in line for the different activities and that we would be pressed for time to have all of the children participate in each of the activities....WELL we ended up with about 20 kids who were pretty much done after 45 minutes so we busted out the presents and cake and "ice cream".  It ended up working out because after we had a little break and some cake the kids just decided to go and play some more at the different activities that they liked the best.  It ended up being fun for the kids, and Emma had a good time which was the most important thing, but in the future it was a lot more prep and stress than I will want to deal with again.  Too bad I couldn't get the balloon artist/magician to come, now that would have been cool. :)  I was lucky to have some parents willing to help out which was so that was nice, and my friend Sarah was thoughtful enough to take all these great photos.