Birthday Party

Finally a month later, I will have posted about this event. 

The girls always get so excited about their party.  They want decorations and signs and balloons and more.  I don’t mind becuase they do it all.  They were making glitterized signs welcoming people and labeling things.  They made stress balls out of balloons and flour as a party favor for all the guests!

They made a gift area … with more signs. 

Madison helped make her cake this year.

Ellie helped make her cupcakes… which I don’t really have a picture of?

Finally, the day arrived – with some snow because most years the weather is a little dicey no matter what day we have their party.

And we began with hanging out,

Followed that with eating – Shredded Chicken Sandwiches and Sloppy Joes, Cheesy Potatoes, Oriental Salad, Veggies, Chips with Rotel dip, and some drinks.  It was good.

Then, came dessert time.

    

    

Followed by gifts.

    

Ellie had pre-made thank you cards for all the families.  It was a sweet idea.  She also wrote quite a bit in each one which really surprised me.

Megan stayed overnight after the party because we didn’t have school the next day.  The girls had to go to bed pretty quickly, but then they could wake up and enjoy time together for much of the day. 

It was a good party.  I always enjoy having family over, and I should do more of it.  While I don’t worry that everything is “perfect,” I do stress a bit about whether I’ll have enough food.  I should just remind myself that what is available is enough; no one will starve.  They will just eat a little lighter than they might have otherwise.

Here’s hoping these two have a great year growing, learning, and laughing.