Lightning McQueen! I am having a hard time imagining a French Toys R Us, I confess. But, yes, it's hard to get away from the super-branded birthday stuff (I generally order mine online, but even then...) Do you want a US dvd version of Cars? I'll send you one.
Your party prep sounds just fine! In my experience, it's mostly about the cake + running around on a sugar high, so between the baking & moving the furniture, you've got everything covered. I am impressed with the ambitiousness of the color-coded trains! My only suggestion would be that maybe you could construct some of the giant track before the party to give them a concrete idea of what the activity is, & then sort of play it by ear re: kids wanting to get in on the building, because that's going to be a lot of track pieces + a lot of kids to manage all at once mid-party. (I say this as someone who fails dismally at track building except for slightly wiggly circles; big fish can get really into it if he's in the right mood; miss fish just waits for the track to be built so that she can drive the trains around it while singing about them &/or having dramatic reenactments with the train cars.)
[I started writing this before all the other comments came in, so some of it is not fresh & interesting, but whatever.]
Ok, anyway, I can't believe he's turning 5. It's so weird that our kids are growing up without knowing each other! Many happy returns to your whole family, your party will be excellent.
Your party prep sounds just fine! In my experience, it's mostly about the cake + running around on a sugar high, so between the baking & moving the furniture, you've got everything covered. I am impressed with the ambitiousness of the color-coded trains! My only suggestion would be that maybe you could construct some of the giant track before the party to give them a concrete idea of what the activity is, & then sort of play it by ear re: kids wanting to get in on the building, because that's going to be a lot of track pieces + a lot of kids to manage all at once mid-party. (I say this as someone who fails dismally at track building except for slightly wiggly circles; big fish can get really into it if he's in the right mood; miss fish just waits for the track to be built so that she can drive the trains around it while singing about them &/or having dramatic reenactments with the train cars.)
[I started writing this before all the other comments came in, so some of it is not fresh & interesting, but whatever.]
Ok, anyway, I can't believe he's turning 5. It's so weird that our kids are growing up without knowing each other! Many happy returns to your whole family, your party will be excellent.
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