Partay!

For Anna’s birthday party she planned it and the rest of us just showed up.  Seriously, it was great, I bought some invitations, she filled them out and delivered them.  A few hours before the party I bought her requested menu items a few party favors and wa-la, the perfect party.

Her cute friends met at our house where she opened presents and then we loaded up into both cars and went to this great wooded park.  Brennan and I got the briquettes heating up while the kids explored the forest.  Bren cooked up some hamburgers (all the while telling me these were never going to work and that we would all surely die from undercooked beef and that he was going to go to Burger King, etc., etc., etc.) that turned out great.  After our meal of burgers, chips, strawberries with marshmallow creme, we roasted marshmallows for s’mores.  Anna really didn’t want cake or cupcakes, so we sang to her over gooey s’mores.  

After cleaning up dinner we headed over to the stage (this is the same park they have our town’s summer play at with a stage right in the middle of the woods.  And, just in case you were wondering, there is a fencing club that meets here every Friday night.)  Anna had packed two big bags of costumes and divided her little group up into two teams.  Each team had to dig into their costumes and come up with a skit.  They were very creative and very funny. I was so impressed that all the girls were totally game, none of them were too cool to make fools of themselves.  In fact, they kept begging to do more.  They were darling.

 

Telling us she only had time to shave under one arm.  Lovely.

 

This is one of the very talented casts, including the very talented “Lion Secrest”.

After gathering up the costumes we went back to our house where the girls settled in to watch “The Princess Bride.”  It was a dream party for me, and I think the girls had a great time too.  Love these cute, creative, sweet girls.