Birthdays and other celebrations

My niece's 5th birthday is this week. I offered my brother and sister in law to do a show at her school this week. They kept thanking me over and over again. My sister in law's mom also thanked me a bunch of times. It was very gracious. But the thing is, this is what I do. I do kid's shows for a living. It was no big deal to do a show for my niece. It was the least I could do really. Little Miss had no idea what to expect. Apparently she LOVED it. Her parents later told me her favorite part was when I asked her to be my helper (twice during the show). I'm just glad she had fun. I wanted to be able to do something out of the ordinary for her. They are not the kind of people who would normally hire party entertainment; they don't have the budget. So it was different than what Little Miss is used to.

This morning at my son's school they had a Mother's Day breakfast. They do this every year. The kids make pictures and other crafts for the moms the 2 weeks leading up to the big day. There was one little boy out of the whole class who's mom FORGOT about it. She RSVP'ed that she would be there too. So when all of the kiddos were giving their moms their art projects he kept asking the teachers, "Where's my mommy?" Poor little guy.

My son has been excited about it for the past 2 weeks. "Mommy, I made you a yellow flower!" He's only 4 and doesn't quite grasp the concept of surprise. It's so sweet that he made all these things for me. They usually make 3 or 4 projects and I usually like to give one to my mom. I don't think Little Man is too happy about that idea this year though. We'll see how he feels on Mother's Day morning.

After the Mother's Day breakfast I brought in my face paints and painted all the kids in Little Man's class. I had an ulterior motive; I needed more pictures to add to the photo gallery on my website. I got some fantastic shots of the kids and I finally sat down and created a slick slideshow for my website. It looks so awesome!

I also created a new package to offer. I need to add the page to the navigation on my website. It's a cool package with a good price point. I'll tweak it a bit more over the next few days and then I'll upload it to my site.