The Friend Party

Caitlyn looks forward to her birthday party with her friends every year.  I love birthdays and I love making a big deal out of them.  I figure everyone deserves their own spotlight once a year.  This year Caitlyn wanted to have a "late over" pajama party with all of her friends.  She was so excited to have her party at night (6:30- 8:30 PM), which to her is late, but she had a hard time waiting for it all day.  A couple of the girls from school didn't make it so we ended up with 10 girls and Jonah and Wyatt. 

We started with decorating crowns.  The girls all liked this.  I stole the idea from a good friend and I'm glad I did because it was a hit. 

Wyatt and Jonah had a great time joining in the fun and showing off for the girls.  Wyatt has become so social lately.  He loves to interact with people and make them laugh.  The girls gave him plenty of attention so he put on quite a show. 

Jonah seemed a little too happy to be with all of these cute girls!  They were all so good.  I love young kids because they are just so excited to be at a party that they don't care what they do.  They acted like it was the funnest night of their life. 

All of Caitlyn's friends seemed just as excited about her opening presents as she was.  They all brought fun presents that Caitlyn was thrilled with.  She was very concerned because she thought the presents looked "so expensive."  She is always so grateful for everything she gets and is worried that people spend too much money on her. 

After presents we sent the girls on the deck for cupcakes and ice cream.  I hate trying to clean cake crumbs off the floor so I was thrilled that it was warm enough outside.

Caitlyn wanted to watch "Angelina Ballerina" and eat popcorn.  I thought it would be fun to just have the popcorn pop onto the sheet so the girls could just eat it. Not my best idea.  There were too many girls and we ended up with a huge mess.  I bagged that idea and got everyone their own cups of popcorn.  My mom was great and helped us get it all cleaned up.  The girls didn't even notice us picking it up around them, all of their eyes were glued to the t.v.

We ended with a game of freeze dance.  The girls loved it.  They were all laughing the whole time. 

Wyatt watched the girls for a minute and then joined right in.  He had a great time. 

My favorite thing was how he would pose with his arms up when it was time to freeze.  He noticed the girls doing this so he started doing it.  I laughed every time.

Jonah and Wyatt were pretty good at freezing!  Caitlyn had a great time and gave me a big hug and said thank you after all her friends left.  She had a hard time going to bed instead of staying up to play with all of her presents.  That was probably the easiest party we have done for the kids.  It is nice when the kids are older and more independent.