Raul's "Surprise" Birthday Party

This week I decided to throw Raul a surprise birthday party at his mom's house.  I got together with his mom and older sister to plan out the food and decorations.  Laura, his older sister, has two little boys (Lucas and Sasa).  Lucas is the oldest at four-years-old and Sasa is three.  When I brought the balloons over the boys got really excited and wanted to play with them.  I had to explain to Lucas that the balloons were for Raul's birthday and that it was a secret until the next day.  I made him promise to keep it a secret and not say anything to Raul when he came over that night.  When Raul and I came over for dinner later that evening, Lucas met us at the door and said, "Uncle Raul, uncle Raul!  Rachel bought you balloons!"  We all looked at each other, but decided to just move on with out acknowledging it.  Today, when we went over for the party, Raul wasn't super surprised.  He really like the decorations and everything though.  Next time, I won't make a big deal about keeping a secret with the little kids.  It just made them more excited to tell the secret!