The Giant Red Chair
Over the last many years in the Boston area, we have met some wonderful people, struck up new friendships, been to countless parties – in short has been a fun time. With Aaria’s 3rd birthday around the corner, it was our turn to have a bash. And I just decided to have a biggish bash.
It was a kid’s birthday, so while it was to be a decent sized gathering, I wanted it to be kiddie oriented. The main objective was for the kids to have fun but also the parents to have some down time. Debbie and her team from Raddison Nashua were wonderful and understood what I wanted.
The final arrangement was that we had two pretty large halls adjacent to each other. One dedicated to children and the other was the formal luncheon area. The children’s area had 4 activity tables managed by group of baby sitters…, a big bouncy house, ball game and the giant red chair.
I actually designed the activity tables myself; yeah, with some grunt work thrown in my hubby, Anurag. These were the goal oriented kind of tasks, what the kiddies call ‘projects’, with the end of each activity giving a reward. Yup, these did manage to keep the kids pretty occupied while the parents (most anyway), could be in the ‘adult’ area.
The other big hit was the giant red chair. It was supposed to be entertaining for the kids, but I think the parents got a bigger kick out of it. And that chair was the photo-opp spot of the afternoon. I’ll let some of the pictures here speak for themselves. And yes, when some 6 or 7 adults actually started jumping around on it, there was quick hint of even more excitement. We thought the chair might actually tip; but no such luck – would have been pretty entertaining (in the slip on the banana peel way) for the rest of us J
A quick shout out to some of the Vendors - Indian Decorations and goody bags were from Bird's Craft. Bouncy House, Red Chair and Ball game from Crystal Entertainment . The Dora Cake from Frederick’s pastries Fredericks Pastries in Amherst NH. Of course, it was a great big hit with Aaria, and not because it was a sort of melt-in-the-mouth chocolate cake. Though “Tico” was missing from the Dora ensemble – something that Aaria to date has not forgotten J! Thanks a ton to Jen Alton photography, for the photos, some of which you are seeing on this page.
Seeing the enjoyment on the face of the kids throughout the party, really made my day. And getting the kids doing stuff on their own, kept the parents happy too !! And at the end of the party we were asked if a 3rd Birthday was this elaborate what would Aaria’s wedding be like…..and Anurag’s quick response was “We will make sure she elopes”!!!
