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Mike and the boys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had an Angry Birds Birthday party yesterday for our nine-year-old son.\u00a0 It was terrific.\u00a0 He called it “the best birthday ever.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

If your kids love Angry Birds and you want to throw an easy Angry Birds party, I totally recommend this.\u00a0 I bought two games, Angry Birds Knock on Wood<\/a> and an Angry Birds card game.\u00a0 The kids were very happy with both.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Angry<\/a>
The DIY Angry Birds Game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also made a homemade Angry Birds game.\u00a0 I bought Melissa and Doug cardboard building blocks<\/a>, an exercise resistance band (the flat kind without handles), two plush pigs, and three little Angry Birds balls.\u00a0 We built towers with the cardboard blocks and knocked them down by using the little balls in our exercise band\/launcher. \u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the party’s highlights was the Angry Birds pizza.\u00a0 It was also the most challenging part of the party for me.\u00a0 I love pizza.\u00a0 I miss pizza.\u00a0 I can’t really handle being around it.\u00a0 To make matters worse, it was 12:30 in the afternoon when we served pizza, and I hadn’t had a thing to eat all morning because I’d been so busy cleaning the house and preparing for the party.<\/p>\n

Once the kids were all seated and eating, I did a wise thing.\u00a0 Instead of going for the pizza, I took two big spoonfuls of almond butter and mixed them into a little bit of yogurt.\u00a0 It’s definitely not the most delicious thing, but it is filling.\u00a0 After I ate it I was so full I forgot all about the pizza craving.\u00a0 As for the cake, I’ve always believed that I am entitled to a taste of any of my children’s birthday cakes.\u00a0 This birthday, however, I wasn’t even tempted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Angry<\/a>
The birthday cake!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Angry<\/a>
Angry Birds Pizza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"King<\/a>
The birthday boy – sweet and embarrassed because I’m posing with a giant King Pig balloon in front of his friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As I cleaned up after the party, I thought about the fact that I hadn’t tasted the birthday cake.\u00a0 It felt like I was breaking some kind of ritual – like not tasting the apples and honey on Rosh Hashana.\u00a0 So I took a little, tiny crumb.\u00a0 It wasn’t enough to taste anything.\u00a0 So I took a quarter of a bite.\u00a0 It was so sweet, I couldn’t believe it.\u00a0 In the old days, there was no such thing as too sweet for me.\u00a0 So I guess I’ve done it… I’ve overcome my love of sugar.\u00a0 Then came time to clean up the pizza.\u00a0 It was close to 5:00 pm and I was hungry again.\u00a0 I broke down and ate a little, tiny piece of pizza.\u00a0 It was cold and the sauce had too much oregano.\u00a0 But it was good.\u00a0 It was exactly what I needed.\u00a0 I ordered my beta cells to wake up and secrete some insulin.\u00a0 As usual, they were so disobedient! \u00a0<\/p>\n

*Cake by Ugata<\/p>\n

*Pizza by Giant Pizza<\/p>\n

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