Time to Party and Party

We recently had a unique experience...double birthday parties. Big Brother turned 13 on the 7th and Little Brother turned 8 on the 12th. For years we have been able to convince them to have one party for both of them, most of the time just family or a couple of friends. This year Big Brother wouldn't be swayed. He wanted a party of his own with a small bunch of friends. He wanted a Star Wars theme and to play video games at the party.
Little Brother wanted a Cars party. He loves Lightening McQueen and wanted to enjoy a fun time with his friends. He wouldn't be swayed from Lightening so using the same decorations was out of the question.
We were going to have the 2 parties on different days, but then we realized that most of the friends both boys wanted came from the same families. It made no sense to make these families drive out here to boonieville more than once so we had the Little guys party upstairs while the Big guys took on the Empire downstairs in the basement. We ended up making 8 frozen pizzas (Schwan's Self Rising, Oh SO good), buying 2 one quarter size sheet cakes and Ice cream (Edy's was on sale so we got that one).
I timed it so that I was able to see both pinatas, candles being blown out and presents opened. It wasn't easy, but we did it. All the guests had a great time. I was so glad that the kitchen was done. Everybody loved it.
By the time we got done, we had 25 people in the house and it wasn't too crowded.
Now I have 6 months to recuperate until it is the girls' birthdays. Hopefully we will be able to get them to agree though I am not holding my breath. :-)