Party Animals...

Yesterday, we had our first Christmas Party at our new house. We were so excited that  I stayed up the night before making Hawaiian snow (FYI-did you know 5 skeins of yarn will make over 200 snowballs and give you hand cramps for days???)....

Unfortunately, my party planning skills must be getting a little rusty because we ran out of table room at the party and I had to boot the kids to the floor....

Instead of admitting my error of miscalculating table and chair place settings, I just shoved a candy cane in their mouths and pretended it was some sort of game! Kids are really gullible that way! They totally bought it hook line and sinker! Sadly, I didn't have time to get any really good pictures of the party, but at least we have one of our Ugly Christmas Sweaters (poor Shane told me I could do whatever I wanted to his sweatshirt...famous last words..heeheehee)......

and most importantly, I have pictures of the aftermath...

Snowballs were everywhere! Buddy said it was the best party ever (truthfully, I think that kid is a suck up for parties)...even if I only made cardboard forts instead of  igloos!  I started out making igloos and then decided that igloos were a fantastic idea.... if I had 3 more months to make them! Oh well, I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again, that Pinterest is of the devil, giving you all kinds of cute ideas and making it look simple and easy. They forget to show you the pictures of the behind the scenes mental breakdown...but I'm pretty sure those mental breakdowns are actually good for your mental health in the long run! Oh well, the kids had a blast and our sweaters were super ugly!!!! Total win-win! So all in all a super fantastic, partied up and out, day!!!