Happy Birthday Madison!!
So our niece turns eleven on Monday and we tried figuring out what kind of party to do. Jumpstreet (indoor trampolining place) was $23 a person!! And that was before any food. Going to a hotel with two friends would have cost over $200 a night plus food and things to do. I briefly joked with Jeremy "Heck - for the money we'd pay for this party, we could get a brand new tv for our bedroom!" Hmmmm....
So yea - we went that route and got a new tv for free using credit card points that we'd saved. And we also purchased two blue ray players as our dvd player is making dying noises.
Tonight is the big event. At the moment, the girls are all upstairs in their sleeping bags watching the movie "Aquamarine." Has been a really great party so far.
To sum it up:
Decorations - involved tissue paper poms (making them out of tissue paper, floral wire, and then making accordion folds in it and foofing them out), tablecloths with polka dots in bright colors
Party Favors - I crocheted every girl a hat with a flower in their favorite color. Then we put together baggies with candy inside.
Food - Chick Fila chicken nuggets, four bags of chips, five kinds of pop
Dessert - Bundtinis from Nothing Bundt Cakes and an ice cream bar consisting of trays with nine kinds of candy and BlueBell vanilla and chocolate ice cream.
Movie - Aquamarine
There were fourteen girls at the house. Fourteen. It was a total blast!!! Until it happened.
A few hours into the party, one of the girls came to me and said "Mrs. Grant, your bathroom is flooding."
I said "Are you serious?"
She goes "Would I ever lie to you?"
And I said "No, I know you wouldn't." And walked through the kitchen to the hallway and saw water pouring - and I mean pouring out everywhere. Carpet was wet and the bathroom had at least and inch or two of water. So I quickly walked through the water and shut off the water supply to the toilet. Argh.
We used several towels to sop up what we could and then used a pan to scoop up the water into a bucket. Then Jeremy got out the wet and dry vacuum from the garage. We used it and got most of it up. Oh. My. Goodness. so stressful. So we will be needing a carpet cleaner and a plumber now. $$$ Cha Ching $$$
Thankfully the party itself has been a huge success. The girls all got along. There were a few moments of craziness, but all in all, they were well behaved.
When it came time to open the gifts, Riley sat right next to Madi and Riley on the other side of her. She loved being involved with all of the girls. We had all of the girls gifts in bags on a table near Madi's gifts. Riley asked everyone "So - who wants to open their hats???!!" And said it several times loudly. There was no denying what they were getting! :)
Praying that all goes great tonight and that we don't have any more flooding!
So yea - we went that route and got a new tv for free using credit card points that we'd saved. And we also purchased two blue ray players as our dvd player is making dying noises.
Tonight is the big event. At the moment, the girls are all upstairs in their sleeping bags watching the movie "Aquamarine." Has been a really great party so far.
To sum it up:
Decorations - involved tissue paper poms (making them out of tissue paper, floral wire, and then making accordion folds in it and foofing them out), tablecloths with polka dots in bright colors
Party Favors - I crocheted every girl a hat with a flower in their favorite color. Then we put together baggies with candy inside.
Food - Chick Fila chicken nuggets, four bags of chips, five kinds of pop
Dessert - Bundtinis from Nothing Bundt Cakes and an ice cream bar consisting of trays with nine kinds of candy and BlueBell vanilla and chocolate ice cream.
Movie - Aquamarine
There were fourteen girls at the house. Fourteen. It was a total blast!!! Until it happened.
A few hours into the party, one of the girls came to me and said "Mrs. Grant, your bathroom is flooding."
I said "Are you serious?"
She goes "Would I ever lie to you?"
And I said "No, I know you wouldn't." And walked through the kitchen to the hallway and saw water pouring - and I mean pouring out everywhere. Carpet was wet and the bathroom had at least and inch or two of water. So I quickly walked through the water and shut off the water supply to the toilet. Argh.
We used several towels to sop up what we could and then used a pan to scoop up the water into a bucket. Then Jeremy got out the wet and dry vacuum from the garage. We used it and got most of it up. Oh. My. Goodness. so stressful. So we will be needing a carpet cleaner and a plumber now. $$$ Cha Ching $$$
Thankfully the party itself has been a huge success. The girls all got along. There were a few moments of craziness, but all in all, they were well behaved.
When it came time to open the gifts, Riley sat right next to Madi and Riley on the other side of her. She loved being involved with all of the girls. We had all of the girls gifts in bags on a table near Madi's gifts. Riley asked everyone "So - who wants to open their hats???!!" And said it several times loudly. There was no denying what they were getting! :)
Praying that all goes great tonight and that we don't have any more flooding!
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