Party Planner overload!

That ca-ra-zy time of year is approaching quickly! We realized this weekend that we still hadn't picked a venue for Joe's 6th birthday yet. (checked off) or dates for our Christmas party, cookie exchange (check and check), or our fundraiser night to raise our sponsorship money for the Uncover the Cure race (check, almost)

After LOTS of chatting on the drive home from Morinville yesterday we pretty much figured out everything. Aaron won't admit it but he's a bit of a party planner himself, and not just picking out the shooter flavours either, haha.

So, Joey's having Petland come for an in-home visit. They'll bring 6 to 10 critters and there can be up to 15 partygoers. Not too shabby. Originally we were thinking of a party outside of the home but I like hostessing, it's an easy going atmosphere, the house is kiddie proofed anyways so why not? The kids are enclosed so the parents can also just hang out and chat amongst themselves.

Cookie Night is going to be a breeze this year! Cindy and I are co-hosting a Cookie/Bunco night and we've already got the prizes, the house will already be decorated for the holidays so all we really need to do is make our guest list, bake our cookies and make some appetizers. Piece of cake! Although I'm not sure how I can pare down my usual 12 people to only 6?

Then it's time to "Beck the Halls" , yeah, it's dorky but whatev's. Aaron figures we'll just have a social gathering - I on the other hand have already found a website where you can order 10foot square vinyl twister boards which would fit in our living area quite well. Maybe it'll be an upstairs/downstairs party and the borrrrrrrrrring people can gather downstairs with Aaron and the party people will be upstairs playing twister. Twister & Porn Stars could be a delightful or deadly combination.

And then the gala of the year...our Team Crockett party. At the moment we're looking at renting the town hall for a Friday night (it's cheaper) and hiring a DJ for 4 hours and having a dance. We'll have a toonie bar, chinese auction and maybe 50/50 draw. This is still in the planning stages though. So far I've got a date picked and now we're trying to confirm with the hall and DJ.

Phew! I think I need a break...

On a totally different note - I seen two things that kind of made me go hmmm this weekend.
1. A now hiring sign at Timmy's advertising New Canadians Welcome. Is that politically correct? I wasn't offended by the sign, just thought it took some balls to post something like that on a main street in St. Albert.
2. An ENTIRE wedding party sitting in McDonald's chowing down. I'd be afraid my Big Mac would squirt out the bottom like always and wreck my dress but I suppose when you're having a Big Mac Attack you don' t care what you're wearing.