Keeley's Hello KIT-TEA birthday party!

This year, Keeley had her first real "big deal" birthday party!

She had selected a Hello Kitty tea party theme AGES ago, and had stuck to that decision, so we went with it!

I designed invitations and sent them out to her school and neighborhood friends!


Here is the cake!




I found inspiration on the internet for some decorations, and I think it all turned out pretty well!




At the end of the party, each girl got to take home one of the flower decorations as their favor!






After all the girls had arrived, I had them sit down at the table for tea.
The tea the dress-up tea party place had used was a big hit with the girls, so I used the same stuff for our party. (Lipton iced tea mix - raspberry.)
I even had the sugar cubes. FUN!












Keeley enjoyed using, alternately, her spoon and her finger for "drinking" her tea. :P


Then she moved on to ingesting the sugar cubes directly. This was a big theme with the girls. ;)


After I got my cutesy tea pictures, I turned the girls loose to help themselves to some yummy snacks, and then they all went off to play for a while.

Then I wrangled them back up by promising CAKE!! (Works every time, hehe!)








They were all making her laugh while they sang, and shouted out "Eat more chicken!"


All the candles are blown out! Let's eat!


After cake, the kids all went off to play some more, until Keeley came back down and requested to play the "pin the bow on Hello Kitty's head" game.
She went first, and it's clear she was not totally blindfolded! :P






After that, each girl got to sit down and make a personalized beaded bracelet.




Then, Keeley was anxious to open all the lovely gifts her sweet friends had brought!




Hailey made this card for Keeley all by herself, and it was really sweet!




Then, off for some more playing. Some of the girls did dress-up!


It was a perfectly gorgeous day, and we were able to have all the windows open, and the kids were free to play indoors or out. They all seemed to have a nice time playing together, and all the mommies were able to visit and eat a little cake.

I want to thank Todd so very much for all his help with the party! He was always helping keep things moving along, and working to clean up after us, as well as helping get the house ready beforehand. There wasn't a whole lot of work to do after it was over! I love you!

Thanks so much to all of Keeley's sweet and generous friends for making her party so much fun and memorable! She had a fantastic time!

Luken, the bird of prey.

Luken's 1st grade class put on a musical performance last week.
It was a wild animal-theme, and each class was assigned to dress up as a certain animal.

Luken's class were "birds of prey." Hmmm.... not quite sure how to do that one!

They were to dress in browns and blacks, so we had that covered. Then, I remembered I have some face painting crayons, and figured I could come up with something. Google to the rescue!

Unfortunately, I ran tight on time, as an air-conditioner repairman was at the house when we were having dinner and getting ready, so it came down to the last few minutes, and this is what I came up with!





Scary bird!!


Ms. Keeley wanted in on the fun, so I turned her into a little kitty!


Luken's performance was very cute. I didn't get any pictures or video, as there is literally a sea of hands holding cameras in the way, so I decided to sit back and just focus on the moment and watching the kids. They sang songs like "Raptor Rap" and "Never Polka with a Porcupine." Just really cute!! <3

Princess for a day!

Keeley and her friend Haley got to experience life as princesses for a day!
One of the recent Mamapedia deals was 50% off a dress-up tea party, so we bought the voucher and made a day of it!

We started out with lunch at Chick Fil A, and then headed to the shop.

The girls started out playing dress-up with a ridiculous amount of choices. There were 2 racks filled with costumes, a bucketfull of shoes, and there were purses, boas, tiaras, gloves, and more!!












Checking out her beautiful self in the mirror!


Ariel.




Gloves.


And Minnie Mouse ears!


Beautiful girls!




Have you ever seen anything so lovely??????




Then they got to have a tea party!


Complete with sugar cubes, yum!






The girls had brought their dolls along, and they tended to them, as well. How cute!


They got to pick out some cupcakes!




They did "Cheers!"


Here, they were dressed as twins!


Then they had make-overs!


Eyeshadow, blush, and lipstick!








Examining the results!




So beautiful!








Hair and nails were next!








They each to to pick a ring, too!








Up-do's with LOTS of glitter!

(We're still trying to get it ALL washed out!)

Admiring her beauty. :)


Striking a proper princess pose!




One last outfit change!




It was SOOOO much fun! The girls really enjoyed being so fussed over. Since it was mid-week, the place was empty except for us, so it was a private party for 2! It really was a grand time, and the girls hope to do it again!