A 3 year old birthday party

Advice to all who want to give a three year old birthday party. Make it short and only invite 3 at the most. It was a very fun party and Rainee had some very cute games, favors and cake, but it definitely took 2 of us to control the party. She had made a cute horse cake because as you remember Evan is all about being cowboy Duke. The decorations were bandannas, cowboy hats and balloons. She had invited 5 three year olds and of course the Cannon boys were included so there were 9 at the party. They first made cowboy vests out of brown paper bags and had each decorated their own. When they were finished with that they all got on their cowboy hats and showed off their cowboy attire. We then played a game where the cowboys had to shoot bugs with the water pistols and if they moved the bugs then they were theirs to keep, that was very popular because their was water involved. Remember 3 year olds attention span is about 3 minutes or less. They then had to go through the desert and avoid the (sorry I had to stop for a minute because Evan put playdough down the back of my pants) big snake which was a big moving rope and they all had turns jumping over it, the only bad part was that they were jumping from both directions and we had a few collisions before we had to take turns. After the games they opened the presents but because they are 3 they all thought if they brought the present they got to take the present home with them and they were all very possessive of their present. We then had supper which consisted of sloppy Joe's, chips and fruit and of course cowboy pop which was a big hit and we had to remind them to eat their dinner before they got some more cowboy pop. We then had cake and ice cream and it was good that we didn't vacuum before the party, (sorry Rainee that you mopped before the party because the floor became very sticky) they then got their cute treat bags with a sheriff badge, bandanna, harmonica, squirt gun, trail mix and goodies. We then looked at the clock thinking it had been 3 hours and only an hour had gone by and we still had an hour to go. So what do you do with all of those 3 year olds? Well you try to entertain their 3 minute attention spans with what ever you can think of, reading books, playing with toys and trying to referee because they haven't quite got the sharing concept down yet. My hat goes off to all of those nursery leaders out there that get to do this every week, you are my heroes. So when their parents came to pick them up we were very relieved and just enjoyed the silence for the moment. So to all of you who want to give a 3 year old birthday party here's my advice; have it for no longer than an hour and if you invite more than 2 children, invite their Mom as well, it will help with the refereeing. Rainee you did a great job and it was a great success and I was glad I was here to help!