You gotta fight for your right to PAAARRRTTTYYY! Perhaps you have to be a KC Chiefs fan to understand this phrase or at least a Beastie Boys fan. Certainly if you’ve been following the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl, you know that Travis Kelce has brought a whole new life to this phrase.
I will forever remember this as it relates to my amazing, sports-loving, Chiefs-loving, ultimate stats keeper, cheeseburger-eating, 12 year old son, whom we partied and cheered with to celebrate his 12th birthday. 
On January 12, we gathered friends and family to celebrate Drew and watch the all- important Chiefs game against the Texans. I’m sure many would agree with me here, you can’t help but adore this little guy. He has a personality all his own, he is so kind, he will have a conversation with you and later you will scratch your head and remember it as being so grown up and perfectly thought through. He’s a sports fanatic, always asking questions and rattling off stats and players names. So when it came time for his birthday, which always sneaks up on me in January, it was only fitting to have Chiefs party. My first one – I can’t believe it!! I’m born and raised here, and I’ve never officially done a Chiefs birthday party! Brian was traveling for work, Morgan’s car was broken down and being towed, it was snowing like crazy, and I spent every minute that I wasn’t driving or feeding kids, pulling a party together. Thankfully, I had done a football theme for Jake in October, so I grabbed some of those decorations, and some red accessories from from Scott’s 60th bday party I helped with, and went for it!
Drew made the menu himself (complete with his favorite frozen party pizzas) and he checked in on me from time to time to make sure I was on track to have this party perfect before Sunday arrived. He’s the cutest!!
When guests arrived and the game started we were all filled with hope. Before long, we were down 24-0 and I was hoping I hadn’t thrown the worst birthday party of all time because our beloved Chiefs were losing! We had superstition creeping in as we started assigning guests to sit in certain spots and not move, my sister had to wear this obnoxious necklace for the rest of the party because when she put it on, the game started turning around. Chiefs fans do everything in excess!
We laughed, we almost cried, we celebrated, we discovered that Morgan’s friend, Emma, has unusually long arms, we discussed Morgan’s favorite stuffed animal octopus family at length, and we watched Drew in his element — shouting “yessir,” woo-hooing, and high-fiving. The Chiefs pulled off the biggest comeback in history with happy guests and a birthday boy that was thrilled. SUCCESS!! LET’S GOOOOO!!
I took the biggest sigh of relief!!
My sweet boy pooled all of his birthday money to give to two charities, The Center of Grace, and Shadow Buddies. I told you–he has the most kind heart EVER! Happy birthday Drew Boo – you are so LOVED.
On his actual birthday, 2 days later, he requested we bring him lunch from McDonalds, a big order, I might add!! He said he wanted to be able to share with friends.
To cap off his night, his bestie Dan Dearmore and family, brought over the perfect gift…a mini pool table. An inside joke from some lucrative betting that occurred around a pool table before the holidays. Those two really like to mess with each other. Thank you Dan!
On top of all this fun, we arranged a day at SNOW CREEK with friends to go tubing on MLK day. It was FREEZING and snowing like crazy, but it was a blast. A perfect end to celebrating a perfect boy!
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