My daughter was invited to a friend's birthday party where instead of playing the usual kids games the parents had rented a bounce house for the afternoon.
Playing happily with a limited amount of supervision the children that were asked to join in the celebration of a little girl's sixth birthday party were more than happy to spend their time laughing and playing in the giant inflatable castle.
As I went to pick up my daughter a few hours later, she had a hard time saying goodbye and did not want to leave the action before any of the other guests did.
As I drove away from the party with my daughter, I thought, what genius it was to rent a bounce house and let the kids play by themselves all afternoon while the adults could talk and socialize instead of being constantly pulled from one activity to the next that demanded their undivided attention.
For the parties that I have hosted for my children there is typically a lot of planning and preparation that needs to take place to pull off a successful event that the guests will enjoy.
But I had to hand to the parents that went to the conveniently located Albuquerque party rentals store and hired a bounce house.
They only had to provide a few snacks, the cake and some treat bags for their guests.
Where I have put on elaborately themed parties and planned games and activities that had to be overseen and refereed, the simplicity of the bounce house blew all of my parties away.
With another coming up to celebrate I know that I am looking for the easy way out and will be looking for Albuquerque party rentals that can make our next birthday bash the best.