island party planning...

on Thursday, July 9th 2009, my son will b 9 years old!

seriously, where has the time gone?!

in preparation 4 his party (this Saturday), i asked him some questions a few weeks ago...our convo went something like this...

so Bub, what kind of birthday party r we having?

u mean when i turn 9?

yep.

hmmm...how about a dragon party?

well, that's cool - but didn't we already have a dragon party?
(dragons, dragons - everything is dragons!)

yes. when it was my 7th birthday
(here's his cake from that year)

ok, so how about we try something different this time? we did aliens & space creatures last year...what about robots? (another Jaden interest)

nah...how about Dragon Island?!?!
(he got very excited when he suggested this 1, so i ran with it)

Dragon Island? what's that?

where we live Ma.

but i thought we lived on the Giant Golden Star?

no, no Ma...that's when i was a space ranger...i'm an island warrior now!
(read this 4 some background info - we've moved away from outer space & r back on islands again...just not the same islands as b4...where we live is now called Dragon Island - in Jaden's world, of course)

ah, ok - i get it...that sounds like a great idea! i can make an island cake, with a palm tree on top & sea creatures swimming all around it...how does that sound?

great!
but...(long pause)...can i b attacking a giant squid on it too?!?!

that boy makes me laugh every single day!
:0)

we've discussed the cake details a little more since then...& i think we have down the general plan...not quite sure it'll b the elaborate design that Jaden is envisioning, but i'll sure try! he's hoping 2 help me out again this year - we'll see how our schedules work out this week...i usually end up doing most of my cake decorating after the fam is asleep in bed, but i'm definitely gonna try & carve out some Jaden/Mama cake decorating time too! ;0)

after our cake conversation, we moved on 2 the party theme & gift ideas...

so, now...how about the party? we can have tropical island decorations & do the limbo...we can even play island music...how does that sound?

just perfect!
(have i mentioned how much i love this kid?!)

what about gifts Jaden? what do u want 4 ur birthday?

hmmmm...(long pause)...how about some new dragon toys?!?!

~lmao~

wait til he sees the surprise we have in store 4 him! he's gonna flip! ;0)