Shhh ... Don't Tell Aidan!

At 7:00 a.m. this morning, Aidan informed me that it was, indeed, seven o'clock ... and his birthday party is seven days away ... and he will be turning seven years old!

This boy thinks way too much.

The party planning is coming along. We have a fun, busy afternoon planned -- so please please please pray for a sunny day. If it rains, we've got a huge problem on our hands. All of the games are, obviously, catered to back yard play, and our house isn't big enough to host a group of kids indoors -- let along playful, rambunctious kids. In short, if it rains we're potentially sunk.

Aidan and I had a lot of fun designing and creating the invitations. Photoshop wasn't being very cooperative this morning -- the color disappeared, etc. -- but you get the idea:

And for the biggest -- and best -- surprise of all ... Last night Don, who is back in New England for the week, had visited a gift shop to pick up a postcard to mail to the kids, when he stumbled upon this ...


"Should I get it?!" he asked excitedly. Oh, how can he not ... You can't beat a piñata that looks like that! And just think of the fun these little Jedi Knights will have beating it to a pulp with a light saber ...

But just don't tell Aidan. This well-planned, well-prepared boy has to have a few surprises in his little life ...