Party Party

Another busy weekend for little Miss Maisie and oh was it fun.  Saturday little social butterfly Maisie had two birthday parties to attend.  The first was for our next door neighbor K who turned 8 years old and the second party was for April who turned five.

Maisie gave K a fun heart shirt which matched hers and K couldn’t wait to put it on and wear it for her party.  The two looked so very cute together.

K’s party started with dessert, (all parties should start with dessert!) an awesome and delicious ice cream cake which Steve made.

Birthday girl K ready to blow out her candles.  Happy 8th birthday K!!

Ice cream cake makes Maisie smile. 

A wasn’t in the mood to have his picture taken so I had to sneak this one and no smiles.

All the party-goers enjoying the ice cream cake.

After the cake it was time to burn some energy so a bit of limbo.

Followed by a few rounds of freeze dance.   Too bad that those inconsiderate next door neighbors didn’t plan better when they decided to have a new roof put on…oh wait that’s our house getting a new roof.  As I said it was a busy weekend.

After the girls got all the wiggle giggles out it was time to prepare their lunch. 

The girls were divided into two teams, not so that they could compete but so that they all had the opportunity to help prepare the meal.   K with her group.

Maisie with her group.  Anne got all the girls matching aprons and they all looked cute wearing them.

Ann did a nice little cooking lesson and explained all the ingredients and equipment and instructed the girls on how to prepare all the food.  The girls all had fun cutting, stuffing, preparing and tasting and everyone enjoyed taking part and participating.

Unfortunately once the shells and string beans were prepped and just in the oven it was time for Maisie and I to leave as we had an hour long drive to get to April’s party.  During the drive Maisie fell fast asleep and when we arrived at April’s party she wasn’t totally awake or ready to participate right away so we watched the other children.

The party was at a Tae kwon do place and April did a great job listening to the instructor and doing the drills.    

We watched for a while and then it was pizza time.  The pizza was huge, all the children and adults ate off of it and I think that half was still left over…and it was delicious too, just like the pizza of my childhood and how I wish I had some tonight.

After the pizza Maisie was ready to jump in and participate.

She’s never done Tae kwon do and she really got into it, paid good attention to the instructor and really enjoyed the activity.

April getting ready to break a board.

She does it!

Maisie getting ready for her turn to break a board.

There she goes and she too breaks her board.   Funny that after she broke it she looked at her hand for a bit and then at the board and I think she was surprised that she did.

After the board breaking the children did some forward rolls followed by hits and kicks of various kinds. 

April really got into everything that they asked her to do, she really enjoyed her party.   

There was also ducking under and jumping over things and Maisie loves to jump.

After all that exercise it was time for cake.  Happy 5th birthday April!!

They sure had a unique way of cutting the cake.

Maisie on a sugar high playing soccer with a balloon.

High kicking and having a blast.

Maybe a headstand…hey there was mat so why not?

April and Maisie, two cutie patooties.    

It was a fun day and after the hour long drive home we stopped in next door as Maisie wanted to see K & A again but I was ready for bed so our visit was brief.  Maisie was very tired too because when we got home and crawled in bed she was asleep within minutes. 

Happy birthday K & April and thanks for inviting us to your parties and sharing your special days with us.