A Swimmingly Fun Transformer Birthday Party
Aug 17 2007
Our son recently turned the big 5. Crazy! He’s very into transformers (if you click this link be ready to be startled by a boom – I was!) despite never having seen the movie. You just can’t escape them…they are everywhere you look! We had his birthday party at the same place he takes swimming lessons: Emler Swim School. We were fortunate enough to WIN a swim party! All I had to do was put a sticker on the back windshield of my car that said i swim emler and give them my license plate number. I was totally surprised to discover that they picked my license plate…it made choosing where to hold his party very easy since at a cost of $350, we would have looked around for other alternatives. I think they got a couple of new customers, so I think it worked out well for Emler. If you decide to enroll your kid in Emler after seeing this post, please give them my name (Aruni Gunasegaram) as I think we will get $5 off our next swim class registration! 🙂
It was so much fun! Plus they have an indoor pool which is perfect for the hot August weather here in Texas.
The lifeguards were great. After swim time was over, they helped us stuff and hang the pinata. Our son has been wanting a pinata for the last 3 years but we had his past parties at places that wouldn’t allow them or there was no room to hang them so he was thrilled!
I really enjoy planning their parties, getting the party stuff, sending out the evite (no paper invites — except for his school friends), and seeing everyone at the party. I spent at least a full days worth of time the week before getting ready…which is why I’m glad I work from home and have a flexible schedule. When I came home with some of the transformer stuff one day, my son saw it and said with such joy and happiness “thank you mommy. these are so cool.” When he said thank you three or four times, I knew he was in awe. I figure it’s as much a celebration of him being 5 as us surviving the 5 years! I told my husband that I should also get a party because I gave birth to him and my husband just kind of rolled his eyes…but I was serious! 🙂
The one thing that I don’t like doing is writing all the thank you cards. He really does appreciate all of the gifts, and I know I like to get a card just to make sure the birthday kid got our gift (because sometimes cards get separated from the presents, but it takes time. For our daughter’s party last time I used the thank you e-cards from evite but even that took time to individualize. This time I hand wrote them again but I still have to address and mail them off.
Is it just me? Because I don’t remember my mom sending out thank you notes for gifts we received at birthday parties growing up. I also don’t remember getting party favors at every birthday party I went to or giving them out at our birthday parties growing up. Maybe next time I’ll just send out a generic thank you e-card and let everyone know if they are wondering whether we got their particular gift, they can email me and ask. 😀
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