The Best Birthday Ever

There are days where an overwhelmingly joyful feeling happens due to one of your kids.  That was my feeling on my daughter's twelfth birthday.

This had been a super busy week for the family with many activities before and after school piled on with the never-ending load of homework.  My daughter had been stressing all week about getting her homework done so I was pretty sure she was going to have either a miserable or just okay birthday.  I was happily surprised when I heard over and over that evening how "this was my best birthday ever".

It's A Mystery

My daughter is at that age where every party just needs to be a sleepover.  Well, after a mishap at the last one, her dad has banished the sleepover concept from the house (for a while).  That's all fine and dandy, but now her 12th birthday is just around the corner.  What could ever top the excitement and fun of a sleepover? 

A Mystery Party.

That's right, a mystery.  And we're not talking Clue and who done it? here.  I'm talking about a party where the attendees have no idea what's happening next, when, where or how.  To best explain, let me run down the pre-party organization involved.