2/4/12 Party Day!!!

We had Leah and Amber’s Birthday parties on Saturday 2/4/12. It was a little early, but the day that worked the best!

The day started out with Leah’s “friends” party. This party was from 11-2. She had 13 friends come to her party – Bailey, Morgan, Kaylee, Delila, Thea, Vivian, Katie, Rachel, Samantha, Haley, Riley, Kaylee, and Michael (yep, 1 boy – 2 more were invited, but couldn’t make it)! The kids played – drums, Xbox Kinect (Wipeout and Just Dance), and with anything they found interesting in the kids’ toy area. We had a craft – of course! The kids got to decorate their canvas bag with foam shapes and letters. This was a bit chaotic, and I could have organized it much better – THANK YOU to Tiffanie and Sara for helping me get through this one. The kids all made some great bags. I was amazed at their creativity. Joe put together lunch (with the help of Dan)- Papa Murphy’s pizza. The kids ate (with only 3 spills – not too bad). Then it was piñata time. We held this activity in the garage – did not know where in the house it would be safe. They really got into this one – screaming “now” when the child who was swinging should try to hit the piñata. “Now” eventually changed to “whack it!” which was pretty amusing considering 13 kids were screaming it! The chaos hit once again when Michael made the final swing to break most of the candy loose. Joe helped empty the rest. Thanks Dan for helping the little kids with their turn – brave man! Of course, no birthday party is complete without cake and presents which were the next activities. More playing followed until parents came to pick up their child – some of which pretended to hide! It was absolutely crazy at our house, but I think the kids had a good time. They didn’t want to leave, so I took that as a good sign.

Next up: Leah and Amber’s “family” party. This party started at 3:30. We did a quick turn around of the house in preparation for close friends and family to celebrate Leah, age 7, and Amber, age 2.

We had lots of attendees for this party. So happy that so many were able to make it to celebrate the girls’ birthdays. That is very special! We had – Nonna, Grandpa, Grama Mary, Aunt Linda, Uncle Steve, Aunt Tiffanie, Uncle Dan, (cousin) Thea, (cousin) Delila, Aunt Pat, Aunt Karen, (cousin) Chris and Cherice, (cousin) Nikki, (cousin) Emilee, Sara, Mike, Michael, Joshua, Jaclyn, Rick, Kaylee, Kurtis and Kaysee. The girls were so excited! Amber was most excited about “my berday cake!” What a very special day. Thanks to everyone for coming!!
THANK YOU Sara, Dan, Tiffanie, and Jaci for helping out during the parties!