A touch of the crazies

I think I've got a touch of the crazies coming on. First, my family begins to invade on Thursday, and while I could not be happier to see everyone, I get crazy about my house when anyone comes to visit. It's not clean enough! (Which, let's be honest here, is the damn truth. My house is a mess. Cleaning is low on the priority list.) I need to wash the sheets! I need to dust! I need to mop! I need to...ack! If only I kept a semi-tidy house most of the time, cleaning for guests wouldn't feel so daunting. Alas, it has to be done.

That might not sound like "the crazies," but ask my husband. I'm totally sugar-coating how I react to houseguests. (But don't worry Mom, I want you to come! Honestly!)

I also have a touch of the crazies when it comes to this family birthday party I'm hosting at my house (again with the cleaning) with close to 20 people in attendance. It's a party for Evelyn and her two cousins, all of whom have birthdays in August and September. The theme is Yo Gabba Gabba (*natch) so I'm trying to be festive. Jon convinced me to order cupcakes instead of trying to make them my own, and we did buy some YGG-themed plates and napkins, but other decorations will be done by me. And Jon. But I tell him what I want him to make because that is what happens when you get the crazies. The Crazies = Obsessive Detail and Bossiness.

We were going to make a photo booth/cutout type thing to resemble the Super Music Friends Show TV, but then Jon offered to paint a series of Gabba Land pieces to put somewhere in the house. (Google this stuff if you don't know what I'm talking about.) But now I think it would be cool to do the SMFS TV again, but put it over our TV instead...see...clever? Also, let's have Razzleberry Lemonade as a drink! And how about putting Toodee, Brobee, Muno, Foofa and Plex faces on the balloons we are getting, and possibly finishing the DJ Lance hat I started for Jon before the party. (On that one I may be running out of yarn, and I don't think I have any more in my stash. The hat may look odd...) Ooh, ooh, and I want to turn our garage into a giant boombox! Also, cutting out the names of the birthday girls in YGG colors would be wicked awesome.

See...the crazies.

I can only do so much. Jon can only do so much. The majority of the guests (i.e. everyone not living with someone under the age of five) won't even get most of the things I want to do. I just love Evelyn, and I want to make her birthday special, and since it is her birthday party and the party for two other little girls who I love, I want to make it three times as awesome.

Can a mother make a tripley awesome birthday party without going crazy? We'll see...