It's pretty sad when you find yourself so busy that you are heard uttering the words: "I can't wait 'till this weekend is over".
This weekend was one such weekend for the Gardners. I accidentally planned Hallie's birthday party for Friday night, the night that Curtis' school was having their big Fall Festival. After buying a boat-load of stuff for the girls' class boothes, and alot of of stuff for Hallie's party, the "Weekend of Joy and Exhaustion" got underway with a bang.
I dropped Grace and Hannah off at the school at five o'clock, then rushed home to finish prepping for the party that was to start at 6:00. Hallie had 7, though it sounded like 27, teen aged girls over for a night of pizza and handicrafts.
There were 7 different conversations going on simultaneously as they ate dinner.
At the same time.
Seven.
They were looking right at each other telling their own little story as the girl next to them was returning their gaze but telling her own story.
At the same time.
My head started to spin.
After they finished up what seemed like a speed-talking contest, we started with our fun. First up: Hair Yoyo's. This involved minimal sewing and a spin with a glue gun. No problem, right?
Hah!!!
I thought everybody could thread a needle, or at least tie a knot. The project that took me about 10 minutes from start to finish took them over an hour. All the while, Violet was screaming her eyes out.
Me: (as I helped a girl with her needle/material/hotglue/you name it) "Yikes!!!"
Girl: "I know, I'm a horrible sewer."
Me: "No! I meant the baby's screaming. Really, you're doing (choke) great!"
Girl: relieved smile
Me: fake smile
Violet: "I'm screaming my eyes out! Does nobody care?"
The yoyos turned out really cute in the end. And I was glad I could help a future homemaker learn a new skill.Buuuuuttttttt...Word to the wise: Don't do sewing projects at your daughter's birthday party.
Next: Flower Hair pins. These went much quicker and the girls enjoyed mixing and matching flowers and gems. A few opted out of the project and texted (boys, I'm sure) instead.
(Here's Hallie's cousin: Cute Maddi! Love her!)
Third: Chocolate Kisses (we changed the name) Lip Gloss. They really got into this one. They were amazed that they could make a lip gloss with ordinary ingredients and that it would turn out great!!!
Lastly: Coco Nilla Paradise Sugar Scrub. This was the hit of the night. They LOVED it! It was so easy and smelled so good. We put it in little salt and pepper shakers that you can get at The Great and Spacious Building (WalMart) for 97 cents. We slapped a cute label on it and called it good. And these girls now know how to hand-craft many fun items for Christmas gifts.
I took pity on myself and made a fabulous cake out of Little Debbie Snack Cakes. It was the best idea I've stolen in years! Here it is.
And here:
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It turned out so cute I couldn't stop taking pictures of it. So thank you to the creative people that gave me the ideas for a fabulous party. You're my hero. Hallie said it was the best birthday ever!!! And that I'm the coolest mom ever!!!
Does that make me her hero?
4 comments:
Wow, you are my hero too! I love that cake--what a clever idea that I never would have thought of! Cute girls. Funny about the girls just talking over each other, I can totally picture it. Was Curtis at the school with the other girls? And where was Zane in all this near-mayhem?
Curtis was at the school and Zane was upstairs getting into Hallie's drawers.
Wow -- that cake looks amazing - I am so impressed!
BTW,one Christmas I tried making some homemade bath salts and lip gloss for gifts, but I don't think they turned out as well. I was so sick of the scents -- I think I was pregnant, too, maybe that was the problem -- even thinking about it now makes me almost nauseous. Anyway, lovely idea for a party!
Maybe you could share your recipes...?
Yes! You are a hero! Mine! I love the cake idea! Fantastic! I'm going to use that one in the future! I'm sure that was a crazy LOUD party! Glad you survived!
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