But the morning of the party it was windy. By the time we got to the park - which is on the ocean - there was quite a gale!
We weren't going to be able to do any of the activities we had planned, nor put out any food, including the cupcakes. We called all the guests we could reach to give them the bad news. A few either got our message too late or decided to come and play in the wind anyway.
Some of Aaron's friends even managed to look like pirates even without all the accouterments they couldn't wear due to the wind (we had hats, eyepatches, earrings, etc).
After about an hour and a half people were pretty cold and most of us called it quits.
The next day, on his actual birthday, Grandma and Grandpa Meraz came to visit and we ate some of the salvaged cupcakes and hunted for presents around the house.
The next day, to make it up to him even further, I stayed home and we played video games all day long, in our pjs (His school was closed for the day anyway).
