Caitlyn's Party

Caitlyn was so excited for her birthday party on Saturday she could hardly stand it.  Last year we did a pajama party in the evening and the wait almost killed her so this year we did it right after lunch.

She was so excited to have all of her friends over.  We started out with a treasure hunt.  I think this was the kids favorite activity. When the girls were talking about what would be in the treasure box Elisha said, "I bet it is a picture of Jesus."  I thought that was so cute.

After a lot of clues they ended up finding the treasure in the dryer. 

All the kids were good sports about all of the pictures I made them take.

Everyone found their treat bag in the treasure box.

Next we played a game where someone had something written on their back and they had to ask the group questions to figure out what it was.

They all thought this was pretty funny, especially when someone had Caitlyn's name on their back. 

Jonah loved joining in all the fun.

Wyatt wanted to play too.  He was so funny.  I helped him ask the questions and he was able to guess what it was.

Some of their guesses were pretty funny.  I loved hearing the other girls laugh when their guesses were way off. 

Caitlyn loved every present she got.  Gifts is one of her love languages.  It doesn't have to be anything special, the most important thing is the thought that goes into it.  I could pick a flower for her and it would mean the world to her because I thought of her.  She thought every present was perfect for her and thought it was so nice that everyone knew what she would like!

We had root beer floats and root beer cookies for a treat.  When we were getting ready to leave Elisha yelled, "wait, we didn't have the cake."  She was fine when I explained that we had different treats instead of cake this time.  It was cute.

We played musical nail polish.  I hope all the moms don't hate me for this one.  We put some music on and they passed around nail polish until the music stopped.  Then they had to paint one nail with whatever nail polish they had in their hand.  Some of the girls let me help them paint, but most of them wanted to do it themselves.  I spent a lot of time cleaning all of their hands off with nail polish remover after the game. 

Jonah and Wyatt were over by our entertainment center controlling the music.  All of the sudden we heard a huge crash.  We think Wyatt was leaning on the glass and pushed it too far and it broke.  I think I went into shock for a minute because I finally heard Keith yelling at me to get Wyatt out of the glass.  He was laying on top of the pile of glass.  By some miracle Wyatt walked away without a scratch on him.  The girls all screamed and then thought it was pretty cool.  Keith started cleaning it up while I finished up the party (we had about 30 minutes left at this point).  There was glass everywhere!  It took us two hours to get it all cleaned up. 

I think the girls liked the nail polish game.  We were going to jump rope in the great room after that, but since it was covered in glass we headed outside instead.  We only had a few minutes left before parents came.  It was pretty cold, but once the girls started jumping most of them said they were hot!  I think the party was a success.  I love Caitlyn's friends because they are all so easy to please.  They were all excited about everything we did.  Caitlyn said she loved her party and we were the best parents ever, so I count that as a success!