Friday, June 19, 2009

Birthday Parties

Kaylyn and Claire had two birthday parties this first Friday of summer. What could be more fun?

The first one was for our Bible study teacher's daughter, Cosette. She is Kaylyn's age, but they invited Claire too. At this party, they played a silly game where the girls at the party tried to apply make up to another girl. The trick was they were blindfolded while attempting to apply that make up! Here are the results!

Kaylyn:
Claire:
Ooooooooooh, I think a good face washing is in order. Actually, it was a hoot to watch and everyone was laughing like crazy! They also had a treasure hunt and a slip and slide. The report was that Claire was the best on the slip and slide while Kaylyn wanted to know what the "treasure" was at the end of the hunt. She wanted to be sure that it was worth hunting.

The second party was a pajama party for Denise's daughter, Helena, down the street. Helena is closer to Claire's age, but Denise was kind enough to invite Kaylyn too. Everyone needed to wear their pajamas to the party. It was so cute to see all of the little girls in their p.j.s! They had a blast dressing up in all of the princess clothes Denise had downstairs. Kaylyn was a huge help organizing the little girls. She is just great with little kids and had a great time too!

It was so nice that both of these parties were just nice, at their house parties. In years past, especially before we moved, I have felt that sometimes parents spend too much money taking kids to places like Chucky Cheese. It was great to see kids having so much fun without having to shell out a ton of money. Of course, you have to get the food and goodie bags, but at least the kids aren't expecting bigger and better each year. Or, maybe it is the parents being comfortable with hosting kids in their home that felt so "right" to me. We are just "home party" kind of people!

Oh, what were the boys doing while all of this partying was going on you ask? Collin and Danny were at Grammy's house for a sleep over and Gary took Nate to see the latest Terminator movie. (That was the "bribe" to get him to go see UP happily.) I have to say, everyone had a great day! Now, I'm exhausted!

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