This last Saturday the girls had their birthday party and let me tell you...it was fun and a bit stressful, but what party isn't stressful?!?! At least at this house it seems! If you remember from an earlier post about Rex's birthday party, it had to be changed to a different day last minute due to him having a fever, Nick was on call for both hospitals on accident that night and had a callback in the middle of the party, and on top of it all had a co-worker let go to make for a very stressful day at work for him! So, I was very glad that the girls had decided to do a party together this year to lessen the stress...or at least make it a stressful day for one day instead of two days! They pretty much have the same friends anyway so it worked out perfectly this way. And they both wanted a pool party, so that makes it easier too. Here they are posing in the morning of their party after I had finished making their cake. I've decided now that I might always make their cakes this way. It's an edible cake topper from ebay. Really cool, and really easy! Just make your cake and put it on top. And the girls of course loved it and got to pick out exactly which picture they wanted on top of it. I also had to add this picture of Rex. My friend was so nice to take pictures for me to lessen some stress for me...let me tell you..it's great knowing someone else is taking care of your picture taking while you are busy with everything else! But I had taken a few pictures before she started taking them and this was one of Rex that I had taken that I wanted to put in.
And of course there was tons of swimming at the party...the best part about a pool party...you don't have to plan as many activities. I only had to plan one game, then presents, cake/ice cream, then let them swim the rest of the time! It was fun to watch all the kids compare what they could do in the pool and then try to out-do the next kid. Talk about peer pressure!
And the craft...the one thing I had planned and tried to make it as simple as possible...it almost ended up being the most stressful part! I had the idea to have the kids find hidden jewels (that Flynn Ryder had hidden) and then make their own prince and princess crowns. I had found some jewels at the store that were self adhesive to make things easier, but apparently had bought the wrong box and didn't notice it until the party started! So I had to have Nick grab some glue sticks from home, he brought me glue sticks, but the glue sticks for my hot glue gun...and he didn't answer forever because we randomly had a flat tire in the van so he was stuck at home trying to fix it...I know of all times!! And these were brand new tires we had just put within the last month! Anyway, he finally came back and I went home to get the correct glue sticks and the kids ended up enjoying the craft.
And here they are displaying their crowns....even some of the babies joined in...notice Rex down in the bottom left trying to play too! A big thank you to Grandma for solely watching Rex!! It was very relieving not to have to worry about chasing this fast crawler around whether outside or inside the pool.
And of course the presents. The girls had a blast opening their presents and they had such fun presents from all of their friends. You should see the sides of their beds, they are sleeping with pretty much all of their new toys and the sides of their beds are cluttered with toys, but they love it!
So all in all...it was a very fun party! And I have to admit I really like the idea of them having birthday parties together from now on...only one party to stress about and now I've been able to try to ease into Kayley starting school in a few days without having to double stress about planning her party as her birthday is the third day of school. Which is a very good thing as I'm pretty stressed/worried already with her starting school. Anyway, they had a great birthday party and had so much fun celebrating it with their friends and family!
