Partying It Up at The Fire House

I have a friend who loves me enough to have made this cake for my son.
Awkwardly searching for words while heart is too full…

Children’s birthday parties…oh, sweet, evil children’s birthday’s parties.  How I loathe you, dread you…LOVE you??  Whaaa?  Yes, it’s true, I, the self-proclaimed Anti-Birthday Party Queen fell in love with my son’s recent 4th birthday party.  We held it at the East Brandwine Fire Company.  If you live any where in the vicinity of Downingtown, PA (or don’t but have some random spare frequent flier miles you are looking to spend), run, don’t walk to reserve a party for your little one.

It was fantastic.  The kids got to crawl all over the fire trucks to their heart’s content.  And then Chief Edwards, full of fun enthusiam and sparkling personality, came out and did a special presentation for the kiddos, talking to them about fire safety and introducing them to Freddie the Robot and Sparky the Dog.  They laughed, they loved it and were beyond entertained.

I could not believe my husband went for it, but we generally live in awe of our fire company, so he let me run with this party because it supports them.   Not only do the firefighters sacrifice their time, they are willing to put their lives on the line for the safety of our community and it’s all 100% volunteer.  100% selfless.  I am wowed by what they do.  Our neighbor is a firefighter, and we see him run out at all hours in response to calls.  These people are amazing.  THANK YOU.

Take-aways from the birthday party?

1. The anticipation was as fun as the event–for my son and us as parents 🙂

2. Robots are always cool.

3. Mommy will always forget to hand out the ice cream cups.  She will still insist on buying them for every party and her husband will stubbornly refuse to throw them away for years, resulting in a chest freezer packed with nasty freezer-burned ice cream.  Let me know if you want to come over, grab a spoon and make a night of it.

4. If I want something, if I can somehow spin it as being supportive to the fire company, I have a better shot of convincing my husband.

5. Just want to take a second here to let that last point sink in because I’m thinking that might be important as we progress through life.

6. Not having clean-up at your house post party = major score for the parents.

7. Regardless of how much fun and relatively easy it was, I will still want to be heavily sedated and sleep for days post any child’s birthday party.

8. Watching your child have a blast is probably the coolest thing in the world.

9. Having friends who are willing to give up their Saturday to celebrate your kid’s birthday makes me feel very fuzzy, warm and awkward with words. xo.

10. I am totally screwed for next year when I have to follow this up.

Yeah, it was really that cool 🙂

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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