E&K's birthday party

did something totally new this year for my girl's 9th birthday.

we did a joint party.  

loved it...

em's best friend was born 4 days after her.

they share many friends through their dance studio.

why not save some time for everyone and 

let them have a party together!?

we found a great location that has a

pool, bowling and mini golf all in one!

the nine year olds and all their friends had a great time...

my friend Ali made these - amazing, right?!

loved the loot bags, inside and out!

yep, there was an underwater window in the pool.  super fun!

i couldn't really share the rest of the photos for two reasons

1. many didn't meet my quality standards 

(as they were shot in a dark basement).

2. lot's of girls attended and I did not

ask for permission to share the images.

i hope the few I did share give

 you a glimpse of the love that went 

into planning this event and the fun that was had!

the best part of the joint party, 

was planning it with my good friend Ali.

i think we made a great team.  

sweet shoppe party

this was such a fun party to put together for my 8 year old!

it was a sweet shoppe in the 60s theme, 

and all the girls came dressed for the fun.

i was amazed with the costumes and hairstyles of our guests.

the premise of the party was to earn sweet shoppe dollars

that they could spend at the sweet shoppe.

to earn the money they participated in simple activities 

that you would do at most parties,

but adding the money factor was cause for great excitement!

the first activity was creating a paper purse 

that would hold the money earned.

then it was on to auntie beth at the nail and tattoo shop

 to get their nails done and a 'sweet' tattoo applied...

a little music from hairspray and dancing...

then opening gifts.

the girls thought they might have to use their money 

for the ice cream shoppe, 

but they actually got 'paid' to create and eat ice cream sundaes...

(squeals of joy!)

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flavours included mint chip (my girl's favourite),

chocolate, vanilla sprinkles and orange sorbet.

for toppings we had chocolate and strawberry sauce,

smarties, jelly beans, gummies, sprinkles and whipped cream!

finally, they were on to the sweet shoppe to spend their sweet shoppe dollars!

it was so fun to watch them count out their money 

and fill their paper purses with goodies to take home.

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hearing my girl say it was her best birthday party ever... 

was sweet music to my ears!