(Happy 31st Birthday, Craig.)
Scooting with Orange Blossom.
The party theme was "flowers" so I made several large paper flowers to hang around the apartment. Craig blew up about 60 balloons to hang as well!
Opening the presents! I forgot to get an "official" shot of the three girls together so this is the best I have.
Stuffing the teddy bears.
Billy's Vanilla Vanilla cupcakes: delicious! (Note that I used the 2 Tbsp of baking powder as per Billy in the video and I used a different frosting.)
Craig juggling for the girls. Kristin backed up and took a seat in one of the chairs to watch the "show."
"Tape-the-petal-to-the-flower" game. We didn't use blindfolds, we just had the girls put up three petals each. Kristin had red, Eleni had pink, and Anna had purple.
We had Kristin (Dutch/Canadian) and Eleni (Greek/Uzbek) over for Anna's birthday. Unfortunately Gwenn (French) couldn't come. I think it would have been nice to have one more kid at the party but Anna just didn't want to invite any other kids so what could I do? I think she did have fun though (and that's what matters!). When I asked her what the best part of the party was (cupcakes & ice cream? stuffing the bears? opening presents? playing with friends?) she said playing with her friends. I don't believe Anna said anything to her friends while they were here but she did interact with them with minimal coaxing on my part.
Eleni gave Anna an Aqua Doodle that everyone had fun with (Sarah tried to eat the pen, of course). Kristin gave her her first Barbie, a "Princess" purse, a book, and a toy camera. Anna was mesmerized by the Barbie at first (it has a light-up-and spinning skirt!), but the purse and the Aqua Doodle are the top contenders for the biggest hit presents from her friends. (Her Orange Blossom doll is by far the biggest hit from us.)
Overall, I think it was a good party: I'm glad we did it and I'm glad it's over!
Looks like a fun time was had by all!