The Birthday Party

We had Jenalyn's birthday party last night. We had a really hard time narrowing down the guest list. Our house is so small so we could only invite a few friends. But I think everyone had a good time. We had a "Pretend Slumber Party." We asked everyone to come in their P.J.s and bring their favorite stuffed animal. We did slumber party activities...then sent them all home to sleep in their own beds *hahaha*

I'm liking bullets right now, so here is what we did, in bulleted list form:

• We built a fort in the living room.
• We made "Teddy Totes" for their stuffed animals.
• We ate pizza.
• We ate popcorn and watched a short little show: 64 Zoo Lane.
• The kids played hide 'n seek - this was an impromptu activity - not something I planned. The kids organized it themselves *lol* lots of squeals and giggles.
  
• We ate cake and ice cream.
• Opened presents *woot*

Now for the pictures...

The girls in the fort:
Singing "Happy Birthday" - Jenalyn basked in the attention:
I found this awesome cake idea on FamilyFun! It was SO easy to make - and I think it turned out pretty great. The hardest part was mixing a purple color for the beadspread *pfft* it totally looks gray! Oh well. The original idea was to let the kids each decorate their own face for the cake, but we had 7 girls and only 5 kids fit on the cake - so the adults did the faces while the kids watched their little show.
All the girls eating their cake - in planning this party, I never considered where everyone would sit - we only have four chairs! *lol* they didn't seem to mind sitting on the kitchen floor!And the "icing on the cake" Jenalyn got a WALL-E toy!
Ohmigoodness...ohmigoodness! My BFF Venessa made this little girl's wishes and dreams come true! Ever since we saw the movie Jenalyn has been wishing on every star and praying night and day that Wall-E would come to our house! FINALLY, Wall-E has returned to earth from the Axiom *lol* (we told her it takes a long time because space is very far away). Anyhow, this picture cracks me up. Look at that face! And the box is a blur - she was SO excited! We've had a couple altercations amongst the siblings in the last 24 hours over this toy. Corbin loves Wall-E almost as much as Jenalyn does! I think we need to get EVE now so they can each play with one.