Brandy had a fun 8th Birthday Party!
We started it off with a SCREAMIN’ Scavenger Hunt in the mall! (Her request) I had baskets waiting with garden-themed items at pre-selected stores. The girls had to figure out where to go using clues such as: “It starts with the third letter in the alphabet, and is a girl’s name.” (Claire’s); or “It begins with the first letter in Brandy’s last name, and has something that makes you ’Happy’.” (McDonalds); or “It’s something your eye does, and has something to do with chocolates.” (Sees Candy); etc. The girls were running CRAZY (having fun)! Brandy at one started running wildly the WRONG WAY! She led the crew toward Sears instead of the play place in front of JCPenneys. …Just too excited to get “anywhere” I guess! Ha ha!
Until they finally ended up at their final destination--“The Candy Factory”. The manager acted so cute and excited! She had them sing “Happy Birthday”, gave them a candy tulip-shaped sucker, took pictures, and then we let them pick out whatever candy they wanted within a set weight limit! They seemed to enjoy that.
We went back home with our “goodies” and started painting the terra cotta pots for the GARDEN PARTY! I had a SUNFLOWER cake (chocolate round covered in candy kisses) surrounded by yellow frosted Twinkies. Cute! My kids loved helping make that! (“One for me, one for the cake, one for me…”!) We set the table in all different colors, & added confetti sprinkles, m&m’s, little bugs, seeds, watering pots, etc. for fun. I found some cute “caterpillar gummies” to use later on in our ice cream and crushed cookie dirt dessert! (Which I started to eat while we were planting flowers in the pots we painted!) They really fell for it at first! …but then, they all wanted to “try it”! ha ha! We had pizza, games, sang, opened presents, watched “The Secret Garden” movie—which most of them ended up watching “Enchanted” instead; (the latest DVD out) but they seemed to have a good time, and I let them just “play”. It was from 4-10 pm which worked out fine.
For her “real” birthday, I spent the whole day playing with her and setting up “My Littlest Pet Shop” Barbies, Polly Pockets & Baby Kelly stuff in her room! We later went to “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movie, then to Red Robin as a family. It was fun! We gave her gifts at home—more Barbies with pets and a lamp. She will be getting baptized soon! May 3rd. She’s VERY excited!!! Her cousin Braidyn (and my sister Summer and other kids) will be coming out to visit then! Yeah! Come and JOIN us too!!!
We started it off with a SCREAMIN’ Scavenger Hunt in the mall! (Her request) I had baskets waiting with garden-themed items at pre-selected stores. The girls had to figure out where to go using clues such as: “It starts with the third letter in the alphabet, and is a girl’s name.” (Claire’s); or “It begins with the first letter in Brandy’s last name, and has something that makes you ’Happy’.” (McDonalds); or “It’s something your eye does, and has something to do with chocolates.” (Sees Candy); etc. The girls were running CRAZY (having fun)! Brandy at one started running wildly the WRONG WAY! She led the crew toward Sears instead of the play place in front of JCPenneys. …Just too excited to get “anywhere” I guess! Ha ha!
Until they finally ended up at their final destination--“The Candy Factory”. The manager acted so cute and excited! She had them sing “Happy Birthday”, gave them a candy tulip-shaped sucker, took pictures, and then we let them pick out whatever candy they wanted within a set weight limit! They seemed to enjoy that.
We went back home with our “goodies” and started painting the terra cotta pots for the GARDEN PARTY! I had a SUNFLOWER cake (chocolate round covered in candy kisses) surrounded by yellow frosted Twinkies. Cute! My kids loved helping make that! (“One for me, one for the cake, one for me…”!) We set the table in all different colors, & added confetti sprinkles, m&m’s, little bugs, seeds, watering pots, etc. for fun. I found some cute “caterpillar gummies” to use later on in our ice cream and crushed cookie dirt dessert! (Which I started to eat while we were planting flowers in the pots we painted!) They really fell for it at first! …but then, they all wanted to “try it”! ha ha! We had pizza, games, sang, opened presents, watched “The Secret Garden” movie—which most of them ended up watching “Enchanted” instead; (the latest DVD out) but they seemed to have a good time, and I let them just “play”. It was from 4-10 pm which worked out fine.
For her “real” birthday, I spent the whole day playing with her and setting up “My Littlest Pet Shop” Barbies, Polly Pockets & Baby Kelly stuff in her room! We later went to “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movie, then to Red Robin as a family. It was fun! We gave her gifts at home—more Barbies with pets and a lamp. She will be getting baptized soon! May 3rd. She’s VERY excited!!! Her cousin Braidyn (and my sister Summer and other kids) will be coming out to visit then! Yeah! Come and JOIN us too!!!
2 comments:
Can you plan my kids' parties? What a fun day...and exhausting! WOW...you are my hero!
This looks like so much fun and I love the "Garden Party" idea. Last January, Noel had a Mall Scavenger Hunt too. They had a blast! Girls love that kind of stuff!
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