I honestly was scared that this wasn't going to pull together numerous times this morning. It got so bad that a half hour before the party was scheduled to start, I was tempted to call the entire thing off. That's how stressed I made myself for nothing. Well, it didn't seem like it was for nothing when I was living in the moment but looking back, I should have realized that our missing perfect wrapping paper, our uncooperative kiddos, no one knowing the party time (and me being very late with replies) and a nonna who couldn't make it because she was unpacking all don't mean much. What was important to SweetPea is that her best friends did come, that she had Loopsy decorations all over the house, that there were balloons, and that her and PorkChop could walk by and steal as many chocolate button suckers as they wanted.
I did underestimate just how capable fours are of entertaining themselves. They only colored on the sheets that I printed out for maybe five minutes. PorkChop lasted the longest at ten. They never even touched the cute frames that I bought to decorate with them. As for the scavenger hunt... yeah, that didn't happen either. Instead, the girls drug out the dinosaurs, PorkChop's super heroes, and the balloons and made their own party in the living room.
Only inviting two girls her age (and one about six months older than Porker for him to play with) really worked out well too! The three girls had enough company so that everyone played together well but had enough room to do their own thing too. B really enjoyed the animals and had a blast getting to play with the puppies and the bunnies. A was more into doing puzzles and dressing up. C enjoyed her time playing with the "Kindle Fire" (what SweetPea calls her Vtech tablet). SweetPea had a grand time dancing and singing and flitting from one thing to another. Typical girl.
Our buffet style lunch worked well too since the girls (and all our other guests) could come and help themselves as they pleased. No one felt pressured to eat at a certain time and yet, by the end of the party, everything but the cake and the chocolate suckers were gone! Which means that everyone basically ignored the goodies and ate from the fruit and veggie platters and from the cracker/meat/cheese trays.
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| Loopsy world a success! |
Only inviting two girls her age (and one about six months older than Porker for him to play with) really worked out well too! The three girls had enough company so that everyone played together well but had enough room to do their own thing too. B really enjoyed the animals and had a blast getting to play with the puppies and the bunnies. A was more into doing puzzles and dressing up. C enjoyed her time playing with the "Kindle Fire" (what SweetPea calls her Vtech tablet). SweetPea had a grand time dancing and singing and flitting from one thing to another. Typical girl.
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| happy birthday SweetPea! |
Our buffet style lunch worked well too since the girls (and all our other guests) could come and help themselves as they pleased. No one felt pressured to eat at a certain time and yet, by the end of the party, everything but the cake and the chocolate suckers were gone! Which means that everyone basically ignored the goodies and ate from the fruit and veggie platters and from the cracker/meat/cheese trays.
Miss SweetPea was blessed with Loopsies galore! So many in fact that her four miniature Loopsies are remaining in their packaging for the night because she is preoccupied with the one bigger and two medium sized ones that she received. I am going to be shocked if they don't all end up in bed with her tonight.
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