Pedicures, facials, and food, oh my!

Maddie will be 10 on Tuesday! It's crazy to think that we've been together for almost 5 years. She is a very special girl and is full of love. The topic of her birthday comes early on during the summer. We wonder where her party will be, what will be her theme, what's on her wishlist and will our birthday plans be foiled by Hurricane Whatsitsname. This year she discovered Sweet and Sassy, Groovy Girls and ParTea Girls. After much research we soon discovered that all of these party places were a little (lot) out of our budget. Maddie was disheartened until we decided we could have a party even better than that, here at the house. I was pumped. All kinds of fun ideas came flowing and we began to plan.

I have 4 words to describe our night of partying....

WHAT WAS I THINKING?!!!

Ok, it wasn't that bad. We actually had a great time. She had invited 12 girls when I finally cut her off. What's that saying? You'll usually receive half the number of people you invite? Whoever said that, they are loopy. We had 12 girls at our party through the evening, then 10 spent the night. What a night! I couldn't have done it without my mom, sister Jen and friend Melinda! We started out the evening with ham and turkey heart shaped sandwiches, a salad bar and chocolate fountain. It was all tasty and really didn't last long. Jen made good use of one of her many talents and gave all the girls a Diva hairstyle. While they were waiting their turn they had pedicures, facials, made lip balm and bath salts. It really was a lot of fun. Maddie has a great group of friends with so many fun personalities. After the song was sung, fruit pizza (in lieu of cake) was eaten and gifts opened, we scurried them all upstairs for quiet time. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! So there really wasn't quiet time until about 1:15a when I finally figured out how old I really am and shut the "quiet" movie off. Most of them were asleep by then but there were still a few that were so fighting the sleep. I'm sure they were all given a Monster drink just before coming to the party!
Next morning we had fruit, apple cinnamon muffins, bacon and pancakes (that my mother so graciously brought). It was a feast fit for the queens! I had given all the moms a heads up that I needed everyone picked up by 10a and boy, was I thankful for that. I needed the break!

I can't close up this post without giving a shout out to my husband too. I got a wild hair weeks ago to make these personalized towel wraps for the girls as favors. They turned out so cute but I didn't make enough. My husband saved the day running to the store for more towels and helping me whip out the last 5 just in time for the party. I also appreciate that he put up with me for the last couple of weeks when I was really stressing over this weekend.