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I have my flaws, but sometimes I think I get the mom thing right.

Alex is having a Fairy Tale Princess birthday party this afternoon.

Five or six friends will be coming over dressed in their finest princess gear. Michael and I are also dressing up in costume as the King and Queen.

I got plastic wine glasses at the party store, which the children will decorate with stick-on jewels (I decided to go for "easy" rather than "permanent") to make themselves royal goblets. We're also planning to play three games: The Cinderella Relay, in which one shoe from each kid is piled in the center of the floor and in relay teams the kids run to the middle, find their shoe, put it on, and race back to their team; Musical Sleeping Beauty, which is just like musical chairs except that instead of chairs there are beds made from baby blankets, and when the music stops the kids need to find a spot to fall asleep for a hundred years; and The Queen Says, which is a royal version of Simon Says.

Alex has been watching out the front window for her friends since right after breakfast.

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That sounds lovely, it does.

Too. Wonderful.

GENIUS.

That is a most amazingly excellent cake. (Also party games)

Great cake, great party plans. Alex is lucky to have such a creative Queen Mom!

The only time I ever did something that elaborate was a Harry Potter-themed party for my son when he turned 7. Loads of fun for all.

Wow, has Alex been in contact with Linnea? Because that's like the cake Linnea drew me a short while ago to show me what she wants. In your copious free time, I'd like instructions. Gosh.

I can't wait to see the party photos! Possibly the best party in the world evar!

That looks amazing.

Fantastic!

Duuuuuuuuuuude That. Is. Awesome.

Well, happy birthday to the princess, from Aidan in the Duchy of Inland Ocean :) Sadly I can't get the picture to appear in the comment, so I linked it.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/xzerrion/Me/Aidan.jpg

I'd say you sure did get it right! Party pictures, please?

This totally reminds me of stuff my mom would do. The year I was into "Clue" and "Encyclopedia Brown," I had a mystery birthday, complete with cutout "footprints" leading up to the door and a magnifying glass shaped cake. One year my sister had an aquatic birthday complete with blue-colored icing on the cake and games like flipping rubber frogs out of our wading pool with spatulas.

Mom and I had our issues, but the birthday parties - personal, made with love, on a shoestring budget - always remind me of how much she loved (loves) me.

Nice work, mom.