Olive turns 13 at the end of the month. I can hardly believe it. She found a date that worked for all of her friends and we planned the perfect sleepover to celebrate her a little early.
Pasta bar, volleyball, crafts, candy, treats and a fun night together.
Olive and I made to do list of tasks, the menu and the activities. Then we got busy. She is old enough to be really helpful which was wonderful because I worked all day and came home to help her throw a party. She reqeusted pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and cookie bars. Her colors are pink and red with some cute mice decorations.
We ran by Dollar Tree to grab all the blue candies we could find.
She set the table. I added the bows.
I got home at 3:30. The girls arrived at 5:30. We did one pasta, one sauce, meat, two salads and sour dough bread. The girls loved it.
Everything was so sweet.
I'm always excited to host.
The gift giving was one of my favorite parts. Each girl hand picked things they knew Olive would love. They had stories behind their gifts and plenty of things with inside, friends only jokes. Olive felt so loved.
Volleyball in the street, side walk chalk, a walk and chatting with neighbors. I'm so thankful Olive has such sweet friends. Some of them were the very first friends she made in 3rd grade when we moved to Evansville.
Olive planned a really fun craft - name key chains, rubber duck key chains and a Fuggler for each girl. I helped a little and then they planned and beaded out their own key chains. They have big plans for matching key chains the last week of school.
Hosting the girls is always a good time! Everyone went to bed early - May seems to be wearing us all out and we had an assortement of cereals for breakfast.
Happy Birthday to Olive! What a great party!
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