By the time July 31st rolled around, we were SO tired of not having our things. Life just didn't feel normal & I could tell my kids were struggling for something familiar.
So. . . I planned a Harry Potter Birthday party & invited all the kids in the neighborhood. We didn't know ANY of them, but put the invite out there anyway & several actually showed up which was awesome.
I still didn't have my cake pans or any of my decorating supplies so I bought 2 cheap discounted cakes from the Walmart bakery, a couple tubs of white frosting, & some food coloring so I could refrost the cakes the way I wanted to. I put the frosting into a ziplock bag & "piped" it onto both cakes. It turned out just fine.
The kids all came over & we watched Harry Potter 3 (because Canyon had just finished reading it the day before) on the one TV we had in the house.
I made butterbeer, celery wands, clementine pumpkins, & few other snacks to keep the bellies full & the excitement going.
It was a very basic party, but it felt good to do SOMETHING in our home with people. We all desperately needed it.
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