I needed to come up with a GREAT birthday party for my little girl and six of her friends this past weekend.

I didn't have any themes in mind, only that I did not want to spend as much money as I did the year before (I'm trying to sock away every penny into her RESP savings account).

So this is how I pulled off an awesome birthday party for 7 kids and three parents for under $130.

5 extra large bouncy castles for the kids to go nuts on (2 hrs)    

Spray Lakes Family Sports Center   

$5/child X 7= $35 (no gst)

A private party room rental for 1 hour    

Spray Lakes Family Sports Center    

$25

Pink Vinyl Table Cloth                                                                                                                           

Forks                                                                                       

Lime Green Plates                                                                      

Lime Green Napkins                                                                   

Take home wooden twirlies (doubled as center piece)                  

Lollypop flower arrangement                                                     

(1 ceramic pot with flower foam to hold the lolly pops)    

Dollarama       

$35

1 Birthday Cake            

Sobey's        

$30

Viola! 8 happy children and one wildly successful birthday party! 

I recently came across Juice Plus+ soft chewables and couldn't be happier that I did. I won't go into all the science behind this product but I will tell you this, for a supplement, these chewables are tasty! My pre schooler always asks me for more and I love to snack on them when I'm feeling low on energy or that I'm fighting something off.

Of course I still take my vitamin D, and a few others but I like knowing that Juice Plus fills in the gaps. They do have shakes too but I haven't tried those yet. 

Turns out I didn't have to wait long to discover just how little I know about everything.

These are this weeks lessons from my four year old. 

Butterflies in you stomach is when you are looking at a lot of butterflies and you get sick of looking at them, your stomach feels like it is flying. 

I look better with makeup on. (You've got to love their honesty)

Kids who eat a lot of fish can breath under water. 

Kids who have a lot of 'lines' on their neck can breath under water just like fish can. 

Humans can smell and hear and see under water (even when swimming with their eyes closed)! Who knew?

God made the sky to hold the moon and the stars.

Even though Grandma is older than me, I'm going to die first so that my four year old can sleep in grandma's bed every night. 

I need to stop at red lights and go on green lights, and no I didn't do it right.

Apparently, I never know which direction to drive and always take the wrong road. 

From now on kids make up the rules because adults suck and don't make up fun rules. 

I can be standing across the room but if my daughter falls and hurts herself I need to say sorry because I made her do it just because I was angry at her. 

I wash her hair extra hard and with my nails because I'm mad at her and want to punish her. 

She will dress her self thank you very much because I don't know what matches and what doesn't. And it's perfectly alright to wear summer dresses and fancy shoes when its snowing outside because she wants everyone to think she is pretty.

The kids in school are mean because no one noticed her pretty new dress, new hair cut, shoes, snack...

She is the 'Queen Be'e in the school and every day three lucky classmates get chosen to be 'bee helpers'. A bee helper's job is to do ANYTHING the queen bee asks of you and to do it promptly or else you are 'fired!' from this position and someone else gets to be bee helper.

Apparently I need to rent a party boat because I have my daughter's entire class coming over for a boat party (in BC) to celebrate my daughter's greatness in the form of a dress up party. Gifts are a must from everyone attending accept from me because I'm an adult and I'm not invited. WTF?

I should be please that I get to pay and organize this lovely event!

And if I don't give her this party right now I get a time out. One, Two,.....

Please God, tell me it gets better! I need to hear that it gets better....

I try my hardest to only purchase healthy snacks and treats for my pre-schooler.

And while I do shop organic from time to time, I find it inconvenient and just plain expensive. That's why I was happy to discover RealFruit minis at my local Safeway. These fruit snacks have no artificial colour or flavour and are peanut free so my daughter can take them to pre-school with her. Another healthy, peanut free snack that my daughter enjoys and I can feel good about buying.

Its only a matter of time before food manufacturers get the point and start omitting harmful fillers that we don't need in our food.