Bear with me: this story is long. Last year, my son's big birthday party was cut short when the skies decided to open up and dump rain all over his birthday party at the park. To be fair, I wasn't into the party being at the park because, the year prior to that, while we got lucky with the weather (it had threatened to rain all day), we got big, gusty winds which played havoc with our decor and wouldn't allow us to light the candles on his cake. Still, that party was a success and prom
