Birthday parties and paramedics.

Sunday morning I headed to Grandma Davis' house to set up Jon's party while Matt took Alissa to yet another birthday party. I set up Jon's basketball pool and filled it with balls and he had fun shooting hoops while I set up. Here is the final set up before the guests arrived:
And Jeanne did an unbelievable job on the cakes!! WOW! The baseball is a sugar free pie.
So the party got off to a great start - we had about 40 guests and had hamburgers, hot dogs, and a bunch of sides. Everyone to got eating and visiting and things were going great. Pinata time!! The kids all got a whack at the ball pinata and on the final blow it fell to the ground and the little ones raced to grab as much candy. That's when things took a turn for the worst. A little 2 year old girl fell backwards and started having a seizure. At first everyone thought she was choking as she was limp and started to turn blue - but her jaw was tightly clenched and after about a minute she started to cry and come out of it. It was one of the scariest things ever. The paramedics arrived within five minutes and they took her away in an ambulance. Found out later she had a fever and really not sure yet what triggered the episode because she had never had problems before. So after that issue we returned to the party and it was time for cake. Jonathan happily blew out his candle.
Alissa got a "helper present" and we were all surprised at how much she enjoyed playing the harmonica. Luckily it came with a music book so I can teach her how to really play. Should be fun!
All in all it was a fantastic party and we all had a lot of fun. :) :)