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  • bluegoose
    7th round draft pick
    • Nov 2008
    • 4119

    #1

    Its Swinter!!!

    Some of you might remember that we set our own personal party bar pretty high a couple of years ago with our son's Harry Potter Birthday party. Well, its that time of year again, and while we aren't trying to outdo the last big one, we've got a fun one planned for this evening.

    Are there any Phineas and Ferb fans out there? Best kids show on tv, imo. Its freaking hilarious, especially that zany Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

    We are first having the kids play some games based on various phineas and ferb episodes, like chariot races with the kids pushing and pulling the Burley bike strollers (I'm expecting some spectacular crashes - keep your video cameras at the ready). We also have a snow cone machine rented and hope to have enough shaved ice to fill a mini swimming pool and let the kids have a snow ball fight (mind you, its going to be 105 degrees today - thus swinter. Some people prefer to call it wummer).

    When its time to eat cake, we will take off the lid of the cake box to reveal a single cupcake in the shape of the real cake. Then i get to show up in cardboard box tv as Major Monagram and inform the kids that Dr Doofenshmirtz has been up to no good and has created a new machine called the cakeshrinkinator. They have 5 minutes to find the evil doctor and the machine, or they will all have to share the cupcake for dessert.

    Its a bit of work, but the kids love this stuff. It won't be long before they tell us to bag the party and just give them money.
  • Donuthole
    Official Outgayer
    • Nov 2008
    • 25255

    #2
    My daughter has recently taken to Phineas and Ferb. It is hilarious, and definitely a nice change of pace from Dora and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
    Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

    There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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    • beefytee
      Board eye candy
      • Mar 2009
      • 7542

      #3
      My kids love it. I think the writers of the show are really good.

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      • beefytee
        Board eye candy
        • Mar 2009
        • 7542

        #4
        Originally posted by bluegoose View Post
        We are first having the kids play some games based on various phineas and ferb episodes, like chariot races with the kids pushing and pulling the Burley bike strollers (I'm expecting some spectacular crashes - keep your video cameras at the ready). We also have a snow cone machine rented and hope to have enough shaved ice to fill a mini swimming pool and let the kids have a snow ball fight (mind you, its going to be 105 degrees today - thus swinter. Some people prefer to call it wummer).

        When its time to eat cake, we will take off the lid of the cake box to reveal a single cupcake in the shape of the real cake. Then i get to show up in cardboard box tv as Major Monagram and inform the kids that Dr Doofenshmirtz has been up to no good and has created a new machine called the cakeshrinkinator. They have 5 minutes to find the evil doctor and the machine, or they will all have to share the cupcake for dessert.

        Its a bit of work, but the kids love this stuff. It won't be long before they tell us to bag the party and just give them money.
        Some great ideas.

        Another "low hanging fruit" idea is making a "gelatin monster" for them to eat.

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        • bluegoose
          7th round draft pick
          • Nov 2008
          • 4119

          #5
          For those on my Facebook page, a friend of ours just posted a very cool video she made for the party.

          The kids had a blast. The snow ball fight was a big hit.

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          • Pheidippides
            Liberal Feminazi
            • Nov 2008
            • 14759

            #6
            Originally posted by Donuthole View Post
            My daughter has recently taken to Phineas and Ferb. It is hilarious, and definitely a nice change of pace from Dora and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
            I have been watching this show with my kids all weekend. Definitely a keeper.
            Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.

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            • RobinFinderson
              Banned
              • Nov 2008
              • 10548

              #7
              That sounds like it was a sweet party. I really enjoy hosting fun, creative b-day parties for LittleRobin, but they are SOOOO much work... I only get around to doing a really big one every three years or so. But it is cool to hear that others take this labor of love very seriously, and I love the shrinking cake idea.

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              • Slim
                Straight Out the Trailer
                • Jul 2009
                • 1007

                #8
                Pretty much the only cartoon I can stand to watch.

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                • Viking
                  Banned
                  • Jun 2009
                  • 6470

                  #9
                  Our kids love 30 Rock.

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