Superheroes Party (Organisation) !!

Had a fantastic party.   Mummy was doped up on painkillers as her back was very painful, but I think everyone had a good time.

Getting to the venue was - as usual - amusing.  We had a 6ft Dinosaur to take, but luckily Auntie Chrissie walked him down the road. She got a few 'beeps' from cars and a few cars even slowed down, but at least they both got there in one piece! Sadly, the same could not be said for our car, which had a flat tyre by the time we arrived! Luckily Uncle Dean had a pump to re-inflate it to get home, but it still needs to be sorted.....

As well as the Dinosaur, I bought a couple of inflatable Spidermen. I should have bought more, but then everyone would have wanted to take one home.  If it had Spiderman on it, I bought it for the party; invitations, banners, bunting, balloons, plates, napkins, cups, tablecloths, loot bags, pencils, candysticks and I even managed to hire a Spiderman bouncy castle.
 

We invited 23 children and all made it on the day (plus a 5 day old baby) with a total of 29 adults in attendance.  Most of the children who came did dress up for the occasion.  We had 4 Batmen, 4 Supermen and 5 Spidermen in attendance, along with a nurse, a princess, a couple of cats, and little red riding hood! Mummy wore a Batman costume; T shirt with cape, mask and matching nails. Daddy was Batman, Uncle Dean was Superman and Chrissie wore a Superman T shirt, as did a few of the other parents.  Jamie already had a Superman costume but as it was his birthday he got a new Spiderman costume.
 

Again, I set up a colouring table. I got some superhero pictures from various sites on the internet of Spiderman, Superman, Batman, The Incredibles and of course Toy Story, which I was then able to photocopy. We took Jamie’s box of felt tips. We also provided some tattoos along with a bowl of water and a flannel. Once again, these went down very well.

For Jamie’s birthday tea, we gave the children hotdogs in rolls. I also purchased some pizzas which we cut into slices.  The cake was a large Spiderman cake from Asda, which we reserved the week before to ensure we got it.

As for games; a few had been suggested such as ‘Pin the Spider on the web,’ Musical Statues (Superfreeze!), Chairs and Bumps, but (as last year) everyone was too busy on the bouncy castle and fighting with the dinosaur (who unfortunately, didn't make it to the end of the party).

I blame the drugs, but my only real mistake was (prior to the party) writing everyone’s names on the party bags and then just giving them out at the end of the party; without checking on the names.  This caused tears for a couple of the girls who thought someone else had got their party bag. The only reason I did this initially was because we had a few attendees who were under 2 and I did not put a Spiderman pencil in their bag, but a small set of pencils instead. However, I forgot this.....

As the party 'clashed' with the Grand National, my brother organised a sweep stake, which meant listening to the radio towards the end of the party which kinda killed the party atmosphere, but as the bouncy castle was still up, I suspect the children didn't even notice!