7 year olds or 27 year olds?

This afternoon I am going to a birthday party for 2 of my friends, Sh'vawn is turning 27 and Sarah is turning 26. Their husbands started planning a surprise party for them months ago, but boys being boys the girls found out almost immediately so the surprise part was out the window. Sarah and her husband own a pool and since their birthdays are in July, a pool party was the pretty obvious choice. Even though the girls knew about the party, I still didn't think they should have to deal with planning anything on their birthdays and I knew the boys would be just fine handling the food and booze but didn't think they'd get on board with planning any kind of theme so I told them to leave that part to me! Sarah send me some suggestions a few months ago:

Cowboy boots and bathing suits (wild wild west)
Luau
Survivor (any opportunity to bring out the buffs)
Beer Olympics
Fiestã (with lots of piñatas of course)
Pirates
Halfway to Tu Bishvat (Jewish holiday that falls on Jan 25th this year!)

Idk where the Jewish holiday came from since none of us are Jewish, but aside from that and beer olympics, any of these could be themes for 7 year old parties! The only "demands" they had was Sarah really wanted a pinata and Sh'vawn really wanted an ice cream cake...easy enough! So I went with the pirate theme and in my shopping found that pretty much all the pirate party supplies were definitely marketed towards children...or in some instances even came in child sizes. So I decided really the only difference between the 7 year old's party and the 27 year old's is the 1. the keg (although maybe some kid parties have these for the adults) and 2. the pinata full of nips rather than candy.  

And yes, that exact shark pinata will be in attendance...full of mini rums. But the more us 27 year olds drink. the closer our behavior comes to that of a 7 year old.  We become a little crazier, a little more energetic (in the beginning) and a liiiittle out of control/hard to handle. We might even throw a temper tantrum (but hopefully not).  Embracing your inner child is a great thing, and you're never too old or too cool for theme parties!  So get out there and enjoy your weekend...and make sure you do something a 7 year old would do :)