![A party fit for a mermaid](http://thekriegers.org/wp-content/uploads/pool-party-9-300x200.jpg)
Every year as my kids’ birthdays approach, I swear I’m not going to do it. Then, after the birthdays, I swear I’m never going to do it again. The parties, I mean. They’re just too much work. The cleaning, the food, all that prep. And then there’s the small matter that Mary Virginia asked me