Mikayla had a great turnout for her birthday party. She had 15 kids come plus Joshua. Mikayla chose a Pirates of the Carribean theme. We had it at the local park. They had hotdogs and chips for dinner and Hawaiian Punch to drink. After they ate, they played a bit on the playground. Then, they played water balloon toss. Afterwards, they played a bit more and then I organized a Scavenger Hunt. They were divided into two teams. They had a lot of fun with that.

Then, it was time to do cake and ice cream. After that, they had a little bit more water balloon fun. Then, it was opening presents time. That went by pretty quickly. I passed out their goodie bags and then the party was over.Overall, the party was a great success. There were just a couple of things that happened that really bothered me. I've kinda been fuming about it for about 30 mins actually. I know I need to drop it but it's kinda hard to.

First, I must say that I really tried to make it easy for her classmates to come to her party so I volunteered to pick up a few of the kids. I think I picked up eight kids. I will NEVER do that again. I wasted 1/4 of a tank of gas doing that and was 10 mins late to the party.

However, my friend was nice enough to help me take some of the kids home. I took 5 kids home. Well, this is where the second think just really pisses me off. I think I have a right to be pissed off too. Upon dropping everyone off home, I get home to unload the car and find out that one of the girls that I took home stole a Pirates of the Carribean pail filled with candy. It was for Joshua because he didn't get a goodie bag and everyone else did so I thought that it was good for him to get the pail. Well, Joshua has been crying for almost an hour now over it. How could someone do this to my FIVE year old son? I am just livid! Well, I called one of the parents and said that I was calling all the parents to find out if someone took it. She could hear Josh in the background. I made it clear to her that I was not accussing them but someone definitely took it. Joe sat it right on top of all the stuff in the back and there were three girls sitting in the back. I know for sure it wasn't one of them because I dropped her off last and she didn't have anything in her hands. The parent that I called is who I suspect it is.

I honestly don't think I will get a confession but man that just pissed me off that after I sat there and provided them with a great birthday party, including a very generous goodie bag that someone would do that to Joshua. I feel so bad for him. I will most likely need to go out and buy him another pail, if I can find out and get him some candy to fill it up with. Sorry that I keep going on about this but I'm just so upset. He keeps saying, "I really want it back." "No one can find it." It breaks my heart.Well, I'm gonna try and calm him down. I've already tried but he was pushing me away but I'm gonna try again. Thanks for hearing my rant. Besides the end of the party, the party itself went really well. Mikayla seemed really happy.

Now that I am on my private journal, I will write some more on this subject. Another think that really pissed me off is that two kids came to the party and didn't even bring a card. I can u/s that they may not have money for a gift but come on! I would never send my kid to a bday party without getting the birthday kid something. I am just really disappointed in some parts of the party. I just poured my whole heart and soul into this party and basically, I felt like I gave more to the kids than they gave to Mikayla.

Maybe I shouldn't feel this way but damn it all, it's my kid that is hurting over this. I haven't told Mikayla about this. She would be so upset that someone stole something from her brother. She is having a sleepover at Mary's tonight.

Well, I should at least type the party guests names so at least I can remember who came to the party:

Mikayla, Joshua, Kacie, her cousin Hailey, Ashley, her cousin (can't think of her name), Minhquan, Rook (neither one gave a gift or card), Mandi, Kayla, Jasmine and her cousin Lydia (ones that I think took the pail with candy), Mary, Jessica, Jawuan and his sisters Azia and ? (can't think of his other sister's name).

I would love to be more detailed about the party but it is late and I am tired. The whole purpose of the party was so a classmate that was moving could come. As it turns out, she couldn't come.

Mikayla will have her family party on her actual birthday, June 27th. I hope that party goes much smoother.