The Party

Friday night we did held a party here for Claudia's birthday.  She turns 10 on Wed.  I only give my kids parties on certain ages and this year was Claudia's turn.  She has been looking forward to this day for months and months.  We invited 15 girls, we weren't quite sure where to stop and start with inviting, so we just invited all the girls her age at church.  They all ended up being able to come (except one who got sick at the last minute).  I was pretty nervous going into it, not sure of how everyone would get along and how would I manage such a big crowd.  My camp counselor skills came back from a few years ago, I used to love dealing with crowds of little girls!!  My parents kept the little 2 so I wasn't chasing after them.  The party went amazingly well.  Everyone got along wonderfully, had great attitudes, and we had a ton of fun!!

We started out the evening with a big water slide.  I love this sign that Claudia made

Claudia got to pick her birthday meal: BBQ chicken, baked mac and cheese, corn on the cob, watermelon and caesar salad.  After supper we played a get to know you game and then opened presents.

We attempted a pyramid, got pretty close.  2 girls are not on here.

After that we had an impromptu talent show.  It was so cute.  We had the electric slide, gymnastics, an artist, modern dance, ballet, a pair of sisters do an Irish dance, and much more, including some   serious silliness.

We had Oreo ice cream dessert instead of cake and then the girls watched a movie.  After all that it was close to midnight and this was what they were doing.  Trading silly bands.

I got a few hours of sleep that night, but not much.  The next morning Claudia wanted egg dish and coffee cake and fresh fruit.  One of the girls suggested that we take some time and "honor" Claudia.  What a sweet gesture.  It was so neat to hear the little girls sharing what they liked about Claudia and being friends with her.  She is so blessed to have such sweet girls in her life.

After breakfast we had a craft.  Can you guess what we made?

I couldn't have asked the party to have gone any better.  It was such a fun time.