January Birthday Party

Wow, it's January! Abbi's 8th Birthday was this month and we had a party. I had a lot of fun making it fancy for Abbi and 3 of her friends and their dolls, which was what she wanted. The girls had a 'luncheon' with Evan and Dad being the waiters (and magicians) complete with frilly toothpicks in their crust-less triangle sandwiches (ham and cheese, pb&j, and cucumber cream cheese), crossaint-wrapped mini hot dogs, fruit kebabs with fruit dip, veggies and ranch, cupcakes and homemade pina colada ice cream. They spent at least an hour speaking with British accents and calling each other 'darling' and used their best manners (without even being asked!) All the girls came dressed up, with their dolls dressed up,too. We made fleece doll sleeping bags and flower bouquets out of colorful buttons since Abbi loves crafts. They had lots of play time, opened presents and had a treasure hunt for bags full of girly treasures. Abbi beamed the entire afternoon, and that made us all happy because when she smiles the whole room really lights up. It's definitely one of her talents. We are so happy she's our little girl, although I think she's growing up too fast. ">