I gave her options for her birthday; she could do Chuck E Cheese & dinner with presents; take 2 friends to Kids Club or Dizzy Castle with a present; or do a party but all the $ for presents would be for the party.
She made up her mind with a party. We had fun thinking of themes and had the idea of a Pretty in Pink&Purple, Candy theme and Dad suggested one of her favorite shows Zig & Sharko. Of course, she would choose the hard one haha. It was fun although a little challenging. We made little invites and did a quick list of 10 friends. It quickly went to 13 when she really wanted Xander there (our boy neighbor) so I had to add 2 boys in her class at church so X wouldn't feel weird as the only boy. Then 13 turned to 16 when Jaycee invited siblings as she was delivering invites. It was pretty funny. Here's how the first 2 houses went:
Drop her off and wait. And wait. And wait. A good 5-8 minutes later she comes back. After she tells me all about what they talked about then she says....Oh I invited her brother/sister. Such a kind girl. I quickly told her we need to make it quick or we'll never get home and we need to stick to her list. We had 16+ kids BUT it was a blast!
She was soooo excited for her big day. We had a talk before about having manners with all the friends. No singling out friends. Letting them get things first. And mostly when opening gifts, being kind and saying Thank You even if she already had it or didn't like it.
Dad was super stoked to do her cake. If you haven't seen the show it's about a Shark that is the mermaid's boyfriend and he does everything to protect her. So a lot of it is on an island with a volcano.
The day of the party Craig went to basketball & rushed home to make 3 cakes. Yes 3! One for the ocean. One for the island. One for the volcano & remainder for cupcakes. That's a lot of cake. The guys were making fun of Craig how excited he was to rush home to make it. You should've seen his drawing he made. Such an engineer-haha-
As the kids would come they would get a Lei. Then we had a table set up for them to sign a picture of Zig & Sharko for her memory book, and then they could place their gift on the table. We had the show playing for the first 20 minutes while people came. Then we played the fishing game. They would get a fish with a number and a prize would coordinate with the #. After that we did a pinata in the garage. I felt bad we only made it through half the line when it broke open. But the kids were awesome. They patiently waited and made sure it was safe to run & collect candy. It was so cute because Jaycee ended up with seriously like 3 pieces (there was so much candy!) and she was kinda sad. Craig and I felt bad and told her we could take her to the store to get some later. Quickly at least 3 of her friends ran up to her and offered some of their candy. Her face lit up. It was so sweet. Next was cake & ice cream. Then presents. They had about 10-15 minutes so we let them all play until parents came. In their goody bags was their pinata candy, fishing game prize & a little thank you note from Jaycee. It was so much fun.
Our neighbors did end up staying until 11pm (party ended at 4!) but it was soo much fun to talk & visit and let the kids play.
Looking back on the day I just feel so blessed to live in a great area for my kids. There are so many kids from church and neighborhood; boy or girl; everyone is so kind and there are plenty of friends to play with. I even felt bad cuz there were more kids that she wanted to come.
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