Ashlyn is very social and also loves parties; hence... Impromptu Parties by Ashlyn, as I like to call it! She is frequently planning these elaborate parties that she creates in her head and has every intention to make a reality. Each party has a theme and all the details of the party are related to the theme. She creates her guest list, makes hand made invitations, plans the menu, decides on the party favors and decorations and sometimes even decorates her room. She gets all dressed up, puts on her jewelry and fixes her hair.
The only "minor" problem in the planning is that these parties are ALWAYS impromptu, as in, plans them the day of. Since she is very spontaneous, I guess she believes everyone else can be, too. Ashlyn will begin planning her party in the late afternoon and has every expectation that we can complete her to-do list (grocery shopping, bake a cake, buy party favors, decorate) and that everyone she has "invited" will show up that same evening. I use the term "invited" loosely since she never really invites anyone (ie: doesn't call, email, mails the invitation to, or cont
act in any way).
act in any way). Ashlyn creatively comes up with various themes. Some past themes have been: Pajama Party, Movie and Popcorn Party, and Pharaoh Party (idea was sparked by a book on Pharoahs she borrowed from the library). The party she planned last night was a Camping Party. Luckily, Ashlyn is usually satisfied with the actual guests consisting of Chris, Avery, me and, of course, Ashlyn. Her initial plan was to have a camp fire, roast marshmallows, tell scary stories and camp out in sleeping bags. We compromised by putting up her tee pee/tent in the living room, eating marshmallows and drinking lemonade, and using her lantern rather than a camp fire all while inside with the comfort of the air conditioning! We told scary stories about Big Foot. We even had a real-live Big Foot come into our camp... Liberty, our dog. Liberty played along as we tried to keep her out of our tent, popping her head in and out of the entrance to the tent with a playful growl. Liberty even ran crazily around the tent several times and startled us by coming into the tent through the back cut-out window. Ashlyn and Avery loved every minute of it and the party couldn't have been any better, even if we would have spent weeks planning every detail of the Camping Party!
