Double digits... that's big. To say that Jayme has been excited to turn 10 would be the understatement of the year. She has carried around her 10th Birthday Extravaganza party planning clipboard (I'm not kidding) She had her guest list on this clipboard, the food list, a sample drawing of the invitation, a detailed, to the minute plan of what to do at the party (ie: introduce friends: 5 minutes, open presents: 10 minutes etc) and, get this, a contract that she had Brady sign saying he wouldn't bug her friends when they came over for the party. She had 8 girls come for the Chocolate Fondue party, where we played games, ate fruit dipped in chocolate and went outside for a bonfire, then she had 3 of the girls stay for a sleepover. Our first non-family sleepover ever! I dyed a streak of pink or purple colour into each girls hair, they watched Tangled while munching popcorn and eating treats and believe it or not, they actually slept! And as per the Clipboard, crepes were on the menu for this morning, banana and Nutella, strawberries and whip cream and cinnamon and brown sugar. It really went so well, and I'm so glad because with all the thought put into this event, she sure would have been disappointed if anything had gone wrong. I even told her this evening that everything went so well, I'd allow her to have sleepovers again!
Here are a few pictures...
The fondue
The girls and Brady enjoying the fondue
Our very beautiful 10 year old :)
Playing the animal game
Watching Tangled
(Look close, you can see the pink streaks!)
Such good memories were made, and my little girl is growing up... bittersweet.
