PARTY!

The regular party animal, I am blogging at 10:30 on New Years Eve, and all I can say is that I'm so thankful that my husband is so creative. Very creative--way more creative than me. My sons' birthdays are coming up, and I just wanted to do a simple, laid-back party at our neighborhood park. I thought we'd have some games or sports or whatever, let all those boys run and run and run, fill them up with ice cream and cake, and send them on their merry (rowdy, hopped-up) way. But my husband took things one step further...

Now the party theme is to be a Junior Olympics, with teams and activities loosely based on Olympic events (i.e. discus with an enormous frisbee, archery with a bow that shoots marshmallows, basketball, a relay race, etc.) So now we're thinking up team names, logistics, and party bag goodies. So far I'm thinking some sort of Earth ball, a medal, and some gold and silver wrapped bubblegum coins. My idea for the cake is a selection of cupcakes arranged as Olympic rings, frosted in white and edged in the colors of the Olympic rings.

So now...who among you is as creative as my husband? Who has further, stellar ideas to make this the party to remember among the six and eight-year-old sets? Bring 'em, people.