I'm 5

“Is my birthday tomorrow?” Was the question my 4-year old kept asking after we questioned him about what he wanted. This went on for about a month.

He knew exactly what he wanted, which was a Wild Kratt's suit with creature powers. I'm very familiar with the public TV show, which always leads me to the theme song replaying in my head. Gonna go wild is right, wild crazy.

My son picked three of his friends from his preschool class to invite along with his grandparents, cousins, and friends of the family. As everyone pulled into our drive way, they were greeted to a giant bouncy house on our lawn. We splurged on the bouncy house because I didn't want to plan games for the kid's entertainment.

Two days before the party I called the rental company to reserve the bouncy house, the giant obstacle course was the only one left. I went to the store to buy party favors, food, and decorations. The night before the party, I cleaned the house. The morning of the party I made the food for the 11am party, which didn't include the cake because there was no time. My husband picked up a cake when he picked up the bouncy house. I hung a couple of balloons on the mailbox, which was about it for the decorations.

Right before the party I was stressed and I felt like the party was going to be a disaster based on my last minute planning. I was scrambling around the kitchen when I looked out the kitchen window and saw a blur of kids in the bouncy house. Their screaming and laughing was enough for me to realize that my son and the other kids won't remember the food or the cake. They didn't care if the house was clean or if they streamers were hung. They will remember the fun they had, and my son will remember how special he felt on his birthday.

My husband and I will remember eating the hell out of that cake after the kids went to sleep at 7pm. Birthday success!