40th birthday

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Adult parties tend to be not nearly as thought-out as the kiddie fare (perhaps a less appreciative audience?), but this 40th birthday bash is an exception. Katy threw her music-loving, basketball-playing, 40 year-old husband one heck of a birthday party back in November. A couple of snaps above. 

What she did:

-collected 40 images and created 4 posters- one for each decade of his life- to hang up around the living room.

-had former students (from their teaching stint in the Caribbean) film groups of their classmates wishing him a happy birthday. They emailed the videos, which she put together into a movie...which she surprised him with and played at the party.

-because so many of his friends now live in other cities, she asked everyone who couldn't come to the party to send an email with a personal message and photos, which she compiled into a big album.

-those who were at the party signed sheets of paper fitted to the album size, that were later included in the back of the album.

-for each guest in attendance, she made a 2 cd mix of his favorite 40 songs (the 'top 40')- 20 slow and 20 fast- which were given out at the end of the night.

-at the end of the night, everyone moved into the basement (where his turntables are set up) and he DJ'ed!

I love the thought and care that was put into this party! For more pictures, go to Katy's flickr set here.

reader question of the week

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You guys were wonderful with last week's question- so much amazing input! I need to fast-track this one...it has been lingering in my inbox and I just realized we're halfway through March. I LOVE this idea...

"A friend and I are both turning 23 in March and wanted to hold a "prime" birthday party (yes...we know we're dorks...we're grad students at MIT). Anyway, we have some ideas for food (seven layer dip, prime rib, three layer cake), but I was curious if anyone else had any ideas. Thanks! -Bridget"

For those needing a refresher course in 'prime' numbers, here you go (from Wikipedia): "A prime number is a natural number which has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself. An infinitude of prime numbers exists- the first twenty-five prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97."

To submit a question for the week, email me at: hickspapergoods(at)yahoo(dot)com