{"id":792,"date":"2007-03-04T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-04T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=792"},"modified":"2016-08-14T13:41:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T18:41:55","slug":"tristans-recipe-for-a-successful-birthday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2007\/03\/04\/tristans-recipe-for-a-successful-birthday-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Tristan&#8217;s recipe for a successful birthday party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the fifth anniversary of my due date with Tristan. To celebrate, we had a party!<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"http:\/\/momm-eh.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/wwbd.html\">considerable angsting on the subject of birthday parties <\/a>earlier this year, I think I&#8217;ve stumbed upon a winning combination.<\/p>\n<p>Take eight boys, ages 3 through 6, and give them some hula hoops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/ResmU5u_gKI\/AAAAAAAAAJ8\/kFbi-XXdJP4\/s1600-h\/IMG_4247.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038162748681191586\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/ResmU5u_gKI\/AAAAAAAAAJ8\/kFbi-XXdJP4\/s320\/IMG_4247.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Add a bunch of foam cubes and a high platform.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/ResmVJu_gLI\/AAAAAAAAAKE\/pebJ1j7gvZA\/s1600-h\/IMG_4257.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038162752976158898\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/ResmVJu_gLI\/AAAAAAAAAKE\/pebJ1j7gvZA\/s320\/IMG_4257.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Throw in a trampoline, a rope that swings, and a a balance beam.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/Resnfpu_gOI\/AAAAAAAAAKc\/tKXtLp5Z89k\/s1600-h\/IMG_4280.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038164032876413154\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/Resnfpu_gOI\/AAAAAAAAAKc\/tKXtLp5Z89k\/s320\/IMG_4280.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make sure there&#8217;s some pizza, and of course some presents.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/Resm-Zu_gNI\/AAAAAAAAAKU\/klPn9NxCZ6I\/s1600-h\/IMG_4287.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038163461645762770\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/Resm-Zu_gNI\/AAAAAAAAAKU\/klPn9NxCZ6I\/s320\/IMG_4287.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, the icing on the cake is a cupcake cake.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/Resnf5u_gPI\/AAAAAAAAAKk\/JI7PcwfZw9c\/s1600-h\/IMG_4292.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038164037171380466\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/Resnf5u_gPI\/AAAAAAAAAKk\/JI7PcwfZw9c\/s320\/IMG_4292.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A good time was had by all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the fifth anniversary of my due date with Tristan. To celebrate, we had a party! After considerable angsting on the subject of birthday parties earlier this year, I think I&#8217;ve stumbed upon a winning combination. Take eight boys, ages 3 through 6, and give them some hula hoops. Add a bunch of foam cubes &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2007\/03\/04\/tristans-recipe-for-a-successful-birthday-party\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tristan&#8217;s recipe for a successful birthday party&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-tristan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11985,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions\/11985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}