The Princess and the Frog

We had Paige's friend party today for her 5th birthday. I was really back and forth on what to do for her birthday party this year because I swore to myself that for this year we weren't having any friend parties. But, I gave in to her because she was so excited about it and told me everyday who she wanted to invite. Plus, she hasn't had as many friend parties as the other two have had, so I gave in. I am a softie! :)

I tried to talk her into going to Chuck E. Cheese or Build-a-Bear to keep it easy on my part, but I could tell that she really didn't want that. So, I psyched myself up to create a theme party with games and activities and the perfect cake! Once we decided on the theme, (The Princess and the Frog) the rest easily came into place. I didn't plan as many games and I didn't get too carried away with things like I usually do. Garrett even commented this morning how calm I was before the party...I guess I'm a little uptight before the parties, trying to get everything done. Anyways, we had a good time! Only 3 of the 5 friends she invited could come, so we missed the other two, but when you add my other girls to the mix, there were quite a few of us!! :)

We decorated some paper picture frames with stickers and foamies and jewels. Then we printed off a picture of each girl with Paige that I took when they first arrived, and attached it to the frame.

Then, we had a lilypad relay race where the girls dressed up in princess dresses and then hopped like frogs across lily pads.

Our last game was called, "Kiss the Frog". (Pretty much just "Pin the lips on the frog".) It was cute though. Before the party, Bella would carry around the frog poster, kissing it. What a character.

Then we had a little snack and had cake and icecream. I made two kinds of cupcakes--frogs and princess ones.

Then Paige opened her gifts and then they played for the last 15 minutes. I think everyone had fun and it was a fun theme. Now, if we could just convince Paige to go and see the movie! We'd all like to see it, but she's scared of the movie theater, I think. Oh well. :)