Alexis's Friend Birthday Party

Since it was Alexis's big 8 birthday, she also got to have a friends party. We asked her to make a list of who she would like to invite and she came back with a list of 20 kids. We told her, "That's a lot of kids! You are going to have to cut the list in half." She had a hard time narrowing it down but we were able to get it down to just 10 girls. We made little Marti Gras masks with buttons and a toothpick as the little handle and put them in her backpack to give out at school. I got a call just before school started with Lexie crying on the other end. She had taken the invitations out on the bus and then accidentally left them there. Ugh! There was no way we were going to get those back. We spent so much time cutting and gluing and now they were gone. She begged me, "Please, please, please can you make some more and bring them to me today?"  I grudgingly agreed.  I didn't make new masks though, I just printed out some generic one on some pretty paper and brought those to her school. She was so relieved and so happy, so it turned out. 

5 girls were able to come besides my own kids.

Mackenzie, Maylee Murdoch, Tinlee Staples, My Lexie, Mabel Kniffin, Tyanna Lott, and Sam Hess

 I cut out fun Marti Gras masks from fun card stock, glued some Popsicle sticks on them and then let the girls have fun decorating them however they wanted.

 For dessert, Lexie chose a peppermint pie and a chocolate mousse pie. I really liked these pies because they acted as cake and ice cream at the same time.

With 4 candles on each pie, she was set to make a wish and blow out her candles.

 Presents are always an exciting part of the party. 

 We then played a candy bar relay race game and then the parents very promptly picked up their kids. It was a fun party, Lexie enjoyed herself, and felt like a special girl.

I'm really bummed that I didn't get a picture of the girls with their masks on, they were drying for a while and then suddenly, within 5 minutes time, all the parents showed up and took their girls, no thought was even put into grabbing a picture....dang it!