The Party...

Ainsley was beyond excited Friday morning...

It was a just the perfect amount of girls this year... she hand picked her besties this year instead of our usual rule of "invite everyone".  Here's the early comers and bday girl... so cute they are!

So my thinking for dinner was the usual birthday party food... pizza and pop.  In past years they've consumed all we had and then wanted more so with that in mind I got 5 boxes and 3 bags of breadsticks...

And this year we had 4 boxes and 2 bags of breadsticks LEFT!!  You never know I guess.  So fun to just sit back and watch... all the constant laughing... the squeals and "Oh my gosh!"  mixed in with random singing... and silliness... fun times!

After a wee bit of substance it was time to P A R T Y... let the crafting begin!  This year we made super cute flip flops.  Which had water balloons double knotted onto them.

Some just did one side and some went all out... how cute are these??

We had late night Birthday Sundaes... no fancy decorating of cakes this year. (At least I still have 1 more kiddo bday coming up)

Gotta have nail polishing and wii dancing...

As usual the biggest hit of the night... dancing in the dark with glowsticks... a close second was probably the junk food table... ha! All you could want of cheddar/caramel popcorn, Red Vines licorice, mini bags of chips and Sprite!

Most of the girls went home a little after 11pm... we had a couple over-nighters who were quite exhausted and snug in their beds just as I headed up at 12:30... I couldn't refuse a quick picture of the sleeping fort...

It was an early wake up call since we had a Volleyball game at 8am!!  They were good sports and couldn't wait to dive into the sprinkles and whipped topping on waffles... in all fairness I did make eggs and sausage too so it wasn't just a complete 24 hour sugar rush!!

And we made it... on time to the game... with a couple extra loud cheerers!!

Whew and with that it's time for the parents to have a nap!