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Here is my newest Michael Jackson video with my favorite pictures of him. The 3 songs are called "Shining Time," "I Know How the Moon Must Feel" and "Some Things Never Leave You" from the Thomas and the Magic Railroad soundtrack. Those 3 songs always make me think of Michael when I listen to them.
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Behind The Scenes
I wish you Love without suffering
and a hand, which hold yours.
I wish a life without worries
and that never you are alone.
And that yours dreams remains
...and luck for all the time!
Happy Birthday
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Don't invite Jerry Seinfeld to your kid's next birthday party. Plus: Bouncy Castles!
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If you are looking for an excellent birthday party idea how about having a hog tie dyed good time? Tie dye was all the rage back in the 1960's and appears to be making a rather lengthy come back with a few fun variations of course. This is a party that will be appropriate for all kinds of kids and many different ages. If you are having a party that will include boys and girls this is definitely a great possibility to consider for party entertainment and even to center the entire party around.
First of all, the 1960's produced some excellent music that makes the perfect backdrop for your tie dying and other activities. You do not need to limit your artistic flair to shirts in this instance however, be sure to have plenty of paper, paint, pens, pencils, and crayons around to keep the artistic bent up and running throughout the entire party. If you have a swimming pool it might be a good idea to let everyone play in the pool while the shirts are setting or pursue some other sort of fun activity in the meantime such as a movie or another craft project.
One great craft project would be a groovy photo frame for each guest to place a picture of himself or herself wearing their tie dyed creation with the birthday girl or boy. It's a great keepsake and will pass a little of the time during the party. You could also have them work on a scrapbook of the party and allow each one to take one home with them (this is often more appealing to the girls than the guys) or hand painting headbands or bandanas to match their tie dyed tees.
We've discussed the activities and the music now let's discuss the menu. You can make a tie dyed tee shirt cake if you are feeling quite ambitious or get one from your favourite local bakery if you are good at describing what you want and place your order far enough ahead of time. You can have fun allowing each guest to create his or her own psychedelic pizza. You would make the dough of course and allow them to decorate the pizza with sauce, veggies, pepperoni, and/or ham. It's a lot of fun, good food and something that will make the party a little bit unique. You will also want to have plenty of good snack foods on hands such as chips, sausage rolls, pigs in blankets, sloppy Joes, fruits, cake, and groovy chocolate chip cookies if you want to be the grooviest mom of the day.
Be sure to play good music and laugh a lot. You should also make a point of getting photographs of all party guests in their works of art, a pair of jeans, and bare feet. It will be a cool memory and a lot of fun. This is a party that is cool to have in almost any season (minus the pool in winter in most locations of course) and any location. Be careful though as you are working with dye. You want to make sure that the area you are working in is well ventilated and that you protect your flooring and any furniture in the area (clear plastic drop clothes work wonders for protecting floors and furniture from dye and paint).
This is the type of party that is not only a great deal of fun for you as the parent but also for all the kids that are invited. Everyone gets to take a little something cool home with them and they get to work with their hands and imaginations to create something special that is all their own. As far as parties go, this is one of the coolest to have, especially for those hard to impress and please teenagers that seem to take over our beautiful little babies after about 13 years though it is suitable for younger kids as well.
There are three ways to look at birthdays. First, you can treat them as any other day, and just do whatever you always do. Second, you can groan inwardly at the thought of being another year older, and hide away from the world until the dreaded day has passed. And then there’s the third way, which is our favourite: have a big ol’ birthday party and celebrate another year of living life to the full.
If you’re planning to celebrate your big day with a birthday party – or if you’re organising a birthday party for someone else – it’s important to get the right supplies well in advance, to ensure everything goes smoothly. Here are our top ten accessories to help you throw the perfect birthday party for birthday boys and girls of all ages.
1. Birthday Boy/Girl Badge
Let there be no doubt about who is the birthday boy or girl – wear a birthday badge and be proud! The birthday boy badge is blue, while the birthday girl badge is pink – they’re made in the style of old school badges, and both come mounted on an 8cm square old school report card in a clear cellophane wrap.
2. Big Birthday Candle
The Big Birthday Candle is a great solution when tact says that a candle for each year would be a bit cheeky – and besides, at twelve inches high, it’s really quite impressive stuck in a cake!
3. Birthday Cake Mould
At last – a birthday cake that says “happy birthday” without the need for cake-icing skills! This silicon cake mould can withstand high temperatures – simply pour your cake mix into the mould, bake it, and when you turn the cake out of the mould it will have “happy birthday” in raised letters, all around the edge. And if you’re in a hurry, you can use the Birthday Cake Mould to bake a delicious birthday cake in the microwave in just six minutes.
4. Happy Birthday Candles
Let’s be honest - sometimes, one candle for every year of the birthday boy or girl’s life will just take up too much space on the cake. On occasions like these, you need Happy Birthday Candles, which spell out the words “happy birthday” in bright colours and very tactfully don’t mention age at all.
5. Birthday Candelabra
Celebrate your birthday in style – have a birthday candelabra on your cake instead of candles. The birthday candelabra comes in a tasteful ivory colour, which won’t clash with your birthday cake, table settings or room décor.
6. Roman Candles
If you want to be coy about your age, spell it out in Roman numerals! Roman Candles are tastefully trimmed in silver, and each pack of eight candles comes fully equipped with a crash course in Roman numerology, so you can be sure you’ll get the age right every time.
7. Light Bites
All the best things in life serve more than one purpose, and Light Bites are no exception. Are they plastic forks? Are they birthday candles? Actually, they’re both. Pop the prongs of the fork into the cake, and plug a birthday candle into the handle, and there you have it – a reusable plastic fork that doubles up as a birthday candle holder.
8. Young at Heart Candles
Who says birthday candles have to spell out your age? Keep your age to yourself with these colourful birthday candles which spell out “young at heart”, and keep your secret safe!
9. Finger Food Party Plates
These nifty little plastic plates have a little ring attached at the back. Slip the ring onto your finger and you can balance hors d’oeuvres on the Finger Food Party Plate while holding your glass of champagne, leaving your other hand free for waving across the room at guests, pouring another drink or opening birthday presents.
10. Black Bars
If you have a tendency to misbehave at parties, and worry that your behaviour may have been caught on film, then you need Black Bars. Working like a pair of spectacles, Black Bars are big plastic rectangles that sit across your eyes, keeping your identity completely hidden. With Black Bars you can get up to all sorts, with no fear of being identified. Go on, be naughty – it’s your birthday!
Anna Clare is Website Manager at ShinyShack.com, one of the UK?s leading suppliers of unusual gifts and birthday gifts.
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While there are many people who treat the 40th and 50th birthday as a time to mourn there are others who elect to use this is the perfect opportunity to celebrate. Life goes on and there is no better way to celebrate that fact than with friends and family. An "Over the Hill" birthday should be one that brings together both in a roaring fashion. Hopefully some of the ideas below will get your wheels turning for a grand plan for your own over the hill birthday celebration or that of someone you love.
My favorite idea for a great Over the Hill birthday party bash is a roast. You see them on television all the time. They are irreverent and quite hilarious. This only works if you have the type of friends and family to pull this off and not be offended by the things being said but can be a ton of fun with the right audience. Have a great meal and allow all the guests, who are interested at any rate, to get up and deliver their 'toast' to the guest of honor. If you want a night of laughs this is definitely the way to celebrate your life and the friends you have (at least those that you had yesterday anyway).
You could do an AFI sort of theme in which you have films or slides showing of various events throughout the guest of honor's life. This is a great way to pay tribute to someone that has meant a great deal to you when planning a birthday bash to be remembered. Have a red carpet sort of theme and allow guests to pay sincere tribute to the birthday girl or boy by extolling their virtues. This is another great celebration that is a lot more sentimental in nature than a roast but along the same lines when it comes to decoration and meal planning.
For another funny over the hill birthday party idea look to the past. If your birthday girl or boy is a relic you can give the party an Old West or Gold Rush theme. A party such as this can be a great deal of fun to plan and even more fun to attend. Set up a Wild West saloon and have everyone come dressed for occasion. This is a great photo op for most and if you plan things well the theme can be one that will go down in memory by every guest, especially, the guest of honor. Be sure to keep the drinks flowing and make the food portable (finger food is almost always a good plan for adult birthday parties unless they involve plenty of space for sitting down to dine).
Of course there is the standard Grim Reaper type of over the hill birthday party. There are things of course you can do to make your party stand out from all the rest but that will require a creative spark and knowledge of the guest of honor to pull off well. Use what you have to work with in order to create the perfect celebration of life or death in the new century. Of course if you are truly brave you can make it an out of this world experience and go with the black but give the party a supernatural theme. The sky is the limit when celebrating milestone birthdays and nothing is too outrageous depending on the personality of the guest of honor. Just remember that over the hill doesn't mean not long for this world and life, at all stages, should be celebrated and honored.
A great over the hill party can be had for the cost of very careful planning and a great group of friends and family in order to help pull things off. If you are lost for inspiration hopefully the ideas mentioned above will help at least point you in the right direction if not solve your party planning woes.
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