Ideas to Celebrate Your 50th Birthday on a Cruise

Hitting your 50 is a major achievement and it calls for a grand celebration!

And what can be better for the Australians than celebrating this fantastic event on a cruise? In fact, birthday cruises are an excellent way of celebrating birthdays, rejoicing with your loved ones and having the time of your life.

Aside from the fact that celebrating your birthday on a cruise adds so much value and prestige to your event, the best thing about it is that you don’t have to spend hours and hours planning the event. You just have to gather some friends and show up yourself. For more details about cruise birthdays you can visit sydneyprincesscruises.com.au/party-cruises.

Christmas party look

Christmas for us is a time for fun, family and celebrations. The whole month of December is awash with seasonal cheer and Christmas events galore.

Christmas school concerts, visits to Santa’s grotto, Christmas shopping trips and wonderful Winter Wonderland experiences are just a few of the events that fill my calendar in December.

Not only do I have family festivities to enjoy with the children but I also have the pleasure of letting my hair down for a couple of Christmas parties.

The only downside to having a few fabulous Christmas parties to attend is that I have to find the perfect party look.

Booking a band on a budget - wedding dreams

Music & money matters when planning a wedding

When planning a wedding there are a lot of elements that need to be carefully considered - the dress, the venue, the food and the entertainment for example. For most people all the elements that come together to make the perfect day come with a budget. Regardless of whether you have a low, tight budget or a lavish budget when booking and buying all things wedding related the money matters.

As we are a couple with a tight wedding budget for our much longed for wedding we are always looking at ways to make our budget work for us and ways to cut costs but still create the wedding of our dreams.

Bug's Dream Easter Garden Party.

With Bug’s 5th birthday landing a couple of days after Easter this year we have been thinking about throwing him a Easter themed garden birthday party. As he loves playing outdoors and getting wild with his friends we thought it would be a funtastic birthday party that he is sure to enjoy and remember.

As we have been talking about him having a garden party for his birthday where hopefully the Easter bunny will visit with lots of Easter eggs for the kids to hunt for and find, Bug took it upon himself to give his a few hints about what outdoor toys should be at his party for it to be a totally awesome Easter party for his birthday.

Christmas drinks for a Christmas birthday bash.

In the midst of preparing for Christmas and enjoying the festive spirit in the run up to the big day my family and I have also been busy organising a big party to celebrate my mums 50th birthday which is a few days before Christmas.

With my mums birthday being so close to Christmas, only a matter of 3 days before Christmas, her big 50th birthday bash will be a 50th birthday party come Christmas party for her and her party guests to enjoy.

Thankfully as the whole family is involved in party planning for the party and organising all the details to make the party a success arranging the party has not been stressful.  Happily as the day of the birthday party is nearing ever so quickly most of the party details have been organised and finalised with only the last minute details to be dealt with on the day of the party.

As the party is happening in December and we are planning for the party to be a celebration of my mums 50th birthday and a celebration of Christmas the party will have a festive and wintery twist.  We are planning the party to have festive decorations adorning the venue and winter inspired food and drinks will feature at the party.  Whilst we may not have a white Christmas we are hoping that the festive decorations including a snow scene and snowmen and the wintery, festive food and drinks will help make the spirit of a White Christmas come alive at our 50th birthday/Christmas party.

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Christmas is fast approaching; we are on the cusp of welcoming December and starting the countdown to Christmas with homes across the country counting down the days till Christmas with the help of advent calendars.

I love this time of year when Winter Wonderland’s, Christmas fairs and Santa’s Grottos spring up across the country for children and adults alike to enjoy, shops and streets twinkle with Christmas lights and sparkling decorations and festive films fill TV schedules to be enjoyed when snuggling up on dark wintery days with the sparkling Christmas tree glowing in the background bringing festive cheer into the home.

This time of year is an exciting yet very busy time of year with people getting organised for Christmas doing festive tasks such as buying Christmas presents, wrapping Christmas presents and filling stockings with little surprises, decorating the home with tinsel and twinkly Christmas lights, baking tasty treats to enjoy over the festive season and organising the Christmas menu so that lots of delicious food is cooked to be enjoyed.

Planning a Spooktacular Halloween Party.

Towards the end of this year we a lot of celebrations happening, a number of birthdays including my mum’s 50th for which we are having a big party, a family friend’s wedding, my anniversary with Lee and of course Christmas.  As there is a lot happening over the next few months I am trying to be organised and plan ahead to hopefully prevent any last minute disasters so that all celebrations can be lots of fun and stress free.

As we have a number of family members and close friends celebrating their birthdays about the same time as Halloween we have decided to have a spooktacular Halloween party that will not only be a celebration of Halloween but also a celebration of all the birthdays happening just before and after Halloween.

As Bug is getting older even though we do not want to introduce him to the scary side of Halloween we do want to introduce him to a wider spectrum of the Halloween season having only dressed him up before in cute Halloween outfits (last year he was a Spooky Cute Spider).  We think the Spooktacular Halloween Party we will be having with friends and family that will be full of fun Halloween costumes, tasty food with a Halloween twist, Halloween themed books and films with a soft spooky side is a great way to introduce him to the fun of Halloween in a friendly, fun environment with people he knows and loves.

In an attempt to be organised and help make the Halloween party terrific I have been browsing the internet for ideas for costumes, food and entertainment.