A Helpful Smile In Every Aisle

Cash had his birthday party at Hyvee on Saturday. I know you’re thinking, “What a mean mom, making your little boy have his birthday party at a grocery store!” I’ll have you know he ASKED to have his party at Hyvee. His preschool went on a tour there in the spring and I guess it was so fun he wanted to have his party there. So about a month ago on one of our weekly shopping trips to my neighborhood Hyvee, I asked the woman who works in the prepared foods area if they do birthday parties. The look on her face said, “What a mean mom, making your little boy have his birthday party at a grocery store!” I told her he ASKED to have his party at Hyvee. She took my phone number and told me that she would make a few calls and let me know what she found out. Luckily, one of her coworkers overheard our conversation and let me know that another nearby Hyvee does do birthday parties. I called that Hyvee and scheduled a make-your-own-pizza party for Cash.
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While the pizzas were cooking, the kids grabbed instruments and had a birthday parade around the store. Before we started, our party coodinator Rosie announced Cash’s birthday over the intercom.
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Hyvee made the cake too and I was glad to let them. There’s no way I could make a Thomas cake that looked like this:
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It was a really fun party and Cash had a blast, even though it was at a grocery store.

July 27th, 2008 in Cash
  • Krista

    I’m thinking your kid is pretty lucky to have his bday party out of the house! :) Here I am thinking I’m the mean mommy for doing the party at home and not at the cool spot in town. I am sure it was way more fun for the kids than we could even imagine and if you can get away with it now, why not? He asked for it so it’s totally cool!