What a great 8th birthday party we had this past weekend!!!! The weather could not have been anymore beautiful, seriously just awesome! Mille wanted an art party so we invited her friends over and got creative!! I made the girls aprons and they each painted an art canvas however they wanted. I have to say that we heard several of the girls say,"This is so fun! Best party ever!" Those sweet words made my heart so happy, all the work was totally worth it. :o) Here Mille and her sweet friends Piper and Caroline are busy at work. These girls are super creative.
I set the party up outside, seriously God couldn't have made a more perfect day for this party!!! There was a cool breeze and the beautiful sun was shining. All the girls just stood up and painted, it was great.
I'm not sure what happened to Cara's face, hmmmm?? Cara (Mille's teacher) is so awesome, she came to Mille's party and made it super special for her. To say Mille loves Cara is an understatement!!! She's teetering on obsessed. :o)
Mille's cake 7 layers! It was actually easy to make, you'll see the surprise in a minute.
Busy painting!
Mille is super serious about her painting.
I love watching kids have fun and be creative!!!
Hi Mille!!!
Masterpiece
I had little scratch off sheets for the girls to do if they wanted. The group of girls were such sweet girls! Mille is lucky to have such good friends.
"Happy Birthday Camille"
Mac painted Mille
Hanging out drinking their lemonade.
Art easel greeting friends. Craig called the painting I made of mille "Stubs" b/c I didn't give her fingers! I told him to be quite and see if he could free hand a painting better than that in 10 minutes! Literally I did it in 10 minutes, I wanted to surprise Mille and painted it right b/4 she got home from school. On another note, like the genius that I am (haha) I decided to redo our playroom the Friday b/4 the party! I painted an entertainment center, made curtains, 5 pillows, redecorated and had walls painted! I also painted the easel too. It was a super busy week!! I'll take pics of room later.
Gift bags for girls, I put a wooden frame & little cross magnet that they can paint. There was also a few containers of playdough, a rainbow sucker & a rainbow frisbee.
Ready to sing Happy Birthday!
Make a wish
Rainbow cake!!!! It turned out so great!!!!! Everybody said it was delicious too so that makes it even better. The trick was to use gel food dye, you don't have to use as much so you don't taste dye! I also made each cake then after they cooled I wrapped them with parchment paper and put them in a freezer bag. I let them sit in the freezer over night so they were easy to level the next day.
Woohoo!!!!
Eating the yummy cake
I used mason jars to serve pink lemonade. I painted each lid bright colors then stuck a cute striped paper straw in the drink. I labeled them with a name flag.
Our bounce house showed up at the very end. A-1 rental saved us b/c Inflatables of Texas was rude AND canceled on us 20 minutes b/4 the party!!!!!!
Mac relaxing on the sea of cushions
Mille and her awesome teacher, Cara
Landon, Mille, and Mac enjoying one of their rainbow suckers
The party was so much fun! That night I made chicken spaghetti, salad and bread and Craig's family and my dad celebrated Craig's, Mille's, and Grandaddy's birthday! We celebrated with Craig's favorite dessert, Banana Pudding. We ate outside and used the fun mason jars again, this time with margaritas! Yummy!
