It Takes a Village... to put on a Party!

 Preparing To Glow ....
This 13th Birthday Party was so fun!

After much planning, errand running and help, my little Kaboom's party turned out to be awesome! We had a blast!

I had alot of help pulling this off. Thank god for my sister, BFF and her husband and son, husband mom and Daughter for helping make this party possible. It truly takes a village to raise a child and as much as I think I can do it all, it really took my little village to celebrate a child as well!
 Everyone helped out making invitations, cutting neon circles for decor, offering to tackle the cake, bringing equipment for music and dancing, sending money for party wares, BBQ-ing helping open Chili and Cheese cans and more.
It was definately a night to remember, full of smiles and laughs, friends & fun. My 13 year old was smiling ear to ear and enjoying herself!

 I'm pretty sure I put a dent in our household paper supply with all the notes and doodles, decorations (you'd be surprised how many items in our house glowed already) and planning diagrams, but everything turned out great. My poorly drawn contingency plan for bad weather turned out to be necessary since San Antonio had a massive storm the night before that knocked out the power and flooded most everyone's yards.

 Despite not having electicity that day until after 3pm, the hot dogs were perfectly grilled and ready, the chili and cheese and of course chips waters and some spirited drinks for the adults were ready by party time at 7pm.

There was dancing and not just any dancing, JUST DANCE on the Wii glow dancing, and glow sticks, tons and tons of glow sticks, a candy bar, a glowing drink fountain (thank you Mom for making me take it with me when we moved totally worth it) easy and fun party food a Teen Dream Come True black fondant cake with Neon frosting splatter (thanks sis) and disco lights (which may or may not have been more for us grown women to dance to in the kitchen once the party wound down) Gotta love Robin Thicke and instant margaritas!
Here is my Pinterest link if you are interested in some Pin-inspiration: http://pinterest.com/mrsfeliciac/kathy-bday/