Kate's Corner: Noah's Birthday Party!

Noah's Birthday Party is here! As usually we invited all Noah's friends mostly from our neighborhood but we also had a good Polish crowd :) Because Noah's party is only a few days away from Halloween we always mix a costume party with his birthday party so that kids have a chance to wear their costumes more than once. What a wonderful idea! I always dreamed to have Noah before the Halloween so that we could have the entire house decorated and everybody could wear their costumes. I got what I wanted :) It's like a tradition now and the kids are looking forward to it. I as a host also decided to dress up this year and in the years to follow :) We went to a mega Halloween store and i picked up Athena's costume :) Why Athena? I don't really know. I always admired her from Greek Mythology because she is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, strength, the arts, crafts and skill. Pretty cool stuff huh? So that's why i decided for Athena. I really had in mind a Pirate's girl costume but all the pirates girl's costumes were way too sexy for my taste (instead of just being cute) so that was out of the question :) I couldn't see myself in a very mini skirt and high hill boots. I always go for comfort and not the looks :) Long story short I ended up being Athena in a long dress and sandals, just how i like it :) Noah didn't want to be a Tiger so i got him a cheap Pirate's costume and we were ready to roll! The party was so much fun and Noah had a blast. I thought he will have a hard time sharing his toys with others but NO he didn't care at all! I was soo proud! He did find the favorite friend for the night- his neighbor Jack, who just like Noah was a pirate. Jack is 6 months older than Noah but you cannot see any difference in them. These two pirates played all evening with their swords, just running around and pretending to be real pirates. Noah was in heaven. Finally he got to play with someone who had the same interests :) I am soo glad i didn't put the Tiger costume on him because he would have been disappointed seeing Jack as a pirate and himself as a Tiger :) Miss Leah did wonderfully all evening. Babcia Ewa was watching her mostly as she "played" on the floor with her 2 months older friend Lucy (Jack's sister). She never cried or complained. Happy as a clam. LOL. She was a real trooper. After everyone had left we opened Noah's gifts and Leah was his helper. He received many different toys including pirates but a true winner was Woody from ciocia Ania and Iza. Noah was so excited that he slept with his friend Woody many nights before he abandoned him and moved on to another toy :) That's how it usually goes. LOL