Maëva's Birthday with Friends

A bit of backposting as I just got these party photos uploaded to the computer.
Maëva's birthday party with friends was on Saturday, July 22 from 2 to 5pm. As there were going to be 14 guests, I decided to organize the party like the end-of-year fair at Maëva's school with the kids rotating around between five different games. I also requested help: Sylvain, Marie-Elisabeth, five parents, Marius and Céleste were all on hand to help out. I got up Saturday at the usual time, 7am, and between cake baking, activity prep and set up, I worked straight through until 1pm! Soon it was party time. Maëva had decided on a princes and princesses at the beach theme and asked all her friends to come dressed appropriately, which they all did. At the party store, we found Hawaiian "grass" skirt costumes for Maëva and Laureva.

The kids decorated paper crowns as they waited for everyone to arrive. Then it was time to explain the activities: cupcake decorating, pin the tail on the donkey (Laureva got the closest! Right on the dot.), bowling, putting and trampoline jump. They each had a paper flower. At each game, they got a sticker for one of the petals.

When everyone had filled in their flowers, it was piñata time! Maëva's favorite animal is the flamingo (it's pink!) and we managed to find a flamingo piñata. Score! We also got flamingo napkins and paper cups.

After all that activity, it was time for refreshments. The kids gathered around the table in the veranda to sing "Happy Birthday" to Maëva before eating their special cupcakes. This was a happy time for me as Maëva was glowing with pleasure, which was very nice to see.

The kids ate their cupcakes, but none of the adults wanted cake, so we didn't cut into the heart layer cake. (But my hard baking and decorating work were not in vain, we just brought it to the Barrats' house along with our barbecue leftovers for lunch the next day.) After presents, there were a few minutes left for more jumping on the trampoline.