For the past month, my stress level has been elevated as I try to plan for Clara's 7th birthday amid two major snowstorms and a girl who keeps adding to the "what my party should be" list. Yet, here I sit surrounded by the aftermath of what I can only hope was a good party for Clara and her friends. She is 7! How did that happen?
Happy Birthday, Clara!
On her birthday, I took the boys to her school and we ate lunch with her. I made apple bread (at her request) for her to share with her class. Then that evening, we took her out for dinner where she received a complimentary piece of birthday cake... her choice: Strawberry Angel Food Cake. She opened the gifts from us and loved them more than I expected she would. By far her favorite gift was a "sapphire-blue hiking pole". She is all ready to go hiking this spring and summer!
On Saturday, we celebrated her birthday with a party... a flower party to be exact. We decorated the house with flower garlands. Her un-cake was a little flower garden... it was actually a pan of brownies frosted with marshmallow fluff colored green then iced flower-shaped sugar cookies all around the sides. Clara was very adamant about not wanting a cake for her birthday. She invited 13 friends and only 1 wasn't able to come. She had a hand in helping to plan it almost every step of the way. We decided to pick three crafts to do with her friends: flower name tags, tissue paper flower pens, and flower headbands. I think the girls enjoyed the crafts even though a lot of the girls had some trouble with the crafts and others would have rather played games. In fact, we did have to improvise a little and allow for some "game-time" with some of the girls playing Duck, Duck, Goose and the others playing Fairies. Of course, I think that one of the best parts of the party was the brownie sundaes... loads of sugar... what little girl doesn't like loads of sugar?
On Saturday, we celebrated her birthday with a party... a flower party to be exact. We decorated the house with flower garlands. Her un-cake was a little flower garden... it was actually a pan of brownies frosted with marshmallow fluff colored green then iced flower-shaped sugar cookies all around the sides. Clara was very adamant about not wanting a cake for her birthday. She invited 13 friends and only 1 wasn't able to come. She had a hand in helping to plan it almost every step of the way. We decided to pick three crafts to do with her friends: flower name tags, tissue paper flower pens, and flower headbands. I think the girls enjoyed the crafts even though a lot of the girls had some trouble with the crafts and others would have rather played games. In fact, we did have to improvise a little and allow for some "game-time" with some of the girls playing Duck, Duck, Goose and the others playing Fairies. Of course, I think that one of the best parts of the party was the brownie sundaes... loads of sugar... what little girl doesn't like loads of sugar?Happy Birthday, Clara!
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