Another Party

My kids love birthday parties. Karissa has been planning her Disney party since before her last birthday. She didn't know, over a year ago, that we were going to Disneyland on her actual birthday (I didn't really know either until right before we went to Cali). When we returned, it would have been perfect to have a Disney party, but Frozen had just come out and we were frozen here, so I had to take advantage of the easy attend-the movies-party. This year, she still wanted that Disney party. She had written all her plans down and came up with some games of her own. Usually, I throw her parties in the middles of January. Coming out of the holidays, it's just too crazy to plan a party the weekend after her birthday, plus, it's hard to know what friends would be able to come since they don't go back to school until after that first weekend. She convinced me this year to hold her party the first Saturday after returning to school. It was doable. I sent invites in the mail, though one she had to bring to school Monday because we didn't have her address or phone number. Unfortunately, only 3 of the 6 we invited could attend. One was sick and two had other plans. In the end, it was best that way. She could enjoy her three friends (one is her BFF) and siblings. We also invited our neighbor, Bethany. She's Victoria's age, but may as well be a friend/sister to Karissa.

Goofy girls

According to Karissa's plan, we started with dancing to Everything is Awesome from The Lego Movie (not Disney, I know, but it's fun and that's what she wanted).

Next, it was a game of Scene It, a game about Disney movies.

Then, we played a scavenger hunt game. Karissa had drawn a bunch of Mickeys and Minnnie's and hid them around the house. She wrote a Disney movie on the back. After each person found one, they had to act out the movie and the rest had to guess which movie it was. We couldn't stop after just one round, so we made up our own afterwards to continue on for a while.

Suddenly, Karissa said it was time for the craft. We went and made these Disney flowers at the table.

A few rounds of hide-and-seek to get the jitters out, then it was on to cupcakes and snacks.

Mickey cupcakes made with Oreos.

Presents and many rounds of Disney's Just Dance on the wii, finished the party.

Since I was getting over a cough and had a major case of tired/lazy/winter blues, I was glad it was an easy party and that Karissa played a big roll in planning it!