The kids had a friend’s birthday party to attend yesterday and to them, birthday parties always means one thing: Pool Time. It just so happens that all the parties they’ve been to were all held at places with a pool.
So they insisted on going in their swim gear – it was their way of making sure we wouldn’t conveniently forget or change our minds about letting them swim. Now, some battles we really don’t want to fight so while all the other kids showed up in their party clothes, mine rocked it out in their swimsuits.
There was a balloon sculptor and very cool game stations but all they were all “meh…mommy, can we go swimming now? How about now? Or now? After I eat I can go swimming right?”
I’m making a mental note to save on the face painters and balloon sculptors for their next birthday bash and just go with a pool party. If Kirsten is into the Disney Princesses by then, I’ll dress up as Ariel and do my mermaid pose beside the pool while the husband entertains the kids in his Sebastian costume. Unless he prefers going as King Triton or Ursula, both of which are also fine. And no, the Prince Eric costume doesn’t count.
Anyway, when it was finally time, they RAN towards the pool, jumped right in to the deep end, held hands and swam off without even looking back, like “bye mom, see you later.” Which was actually a good thing because neither of us really wanted to go in to the pool with them.
But being the responsible parents that we are, we reminded them to “try not to drown” so we wouldn’t have to jump in after them.
They were so thrilled to finally be in the water after 2 weeks of quarantine at home and honestly, we were just happy to see them smiling again.
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The part that made me sit up was not so much the swimsuit but the balloon sculptor and face painter and many fun games stations thing. You mean these days kids birthday parties are THAT elaborate? I thought you just had to book a function room and cater some food. I need to call in my financial planner to start building up my birthday party fund.
Love Kirsten’s swimsuit btw, sweet but not sickeningly so. I hope my Sophia will grow up to like something like that rather than the fuschia pink type with so much colours splashed around you need sunnies to look at.
Haha I guess it depends on how elaborate you want it to be. If the kids are not that demanding you can just order a cake and light some candles. :)
Hi Daphne,
Gonna do this embarrassing thing of asking where you got that rash guard for Kirsten ;p Please share?? :)
I ordered it from Old Navy a few months back. They’re probably out of the design but I’m sure they have some really nice new ones too. If you don’t need it urgently you can wait for a sale before you order.
The site is oldnavy.gap.com
Thanks :)
AWWW I’m so glad they’re alright and out of quarantine already! The freedom to swim is definitely a great treat!
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