The Making Of Melanie: May 2012

The BIG 5th Birthday has come and gone. This year we opted to have a small party at home with just a few close friends. Remember my list of "to-do's" in a previous post? Yeah I ended up doing all of that plus replaced 2 doors and made not one but 7 tutu skirts- yep, seriously. It was the first time we have had people over since we moved in (beside family) and I tried to not "over-do" the party....of course decorations, food, etc. I couldn't help myself BUT I did tone down the actually "party" stuff and just let the kids play and do what they wanted. I had a few crafts for them to do and we played a few games. I think Georgia enjoyed just having some fun play time with her friends at the house!

Good morning Gorgeous! It's Party Day!

Opening a present early from my mom...

It's a Vanity Chair for American Girl dolls- super exciting!

Getting ready...

The "TuTu Wall" I made Tutu's and Hair Pieces for all the girls that would be at the party to put on when they arrived.

One of the craft set ups- The guests made pearl necklaces to accessorize their outfits!

Party Favors~ Beach Towels! Orginally we were going to all head out to the pool to swim, but we ended up opting to hang out at the house. I wanted to have these monogrammed with the kid's names on them, buuuuut ran out of time.

The food...Yum! Oh and table cloths as always- custom made to match the party by my Mom!

I made these water bottle covers and had a genius idea. I'm not sure if you have seen these around or not but I got the idea from several blogs I follow...annnyway I kept thinking "If you print these out on card stock they are sure to get wet and the ink will smear- right?" Well...I was running super late putting everything together for the party and my printer at the house is not set up yet AND I did not feel like devoting 2 hours to fixing the problem. So I sent the PDF file off to Walgreen's to be printed on 8x10 photo paper. Guess what! It was a brilliant idea because the photo paper can handle a bit of water without smearing- best part? I saved them after the bottles were empty and I am re-using them for Georgia's lunch for school, etc.!

Dressed and ready to go!

I took this idea (again from a blog) Octopus hotdogs! Yep...kinda grossed me out, but the kids loved it!

See what I mean?

I went out on a limb this year and made Georgia's cake. I have spent soooo much money on cakes in the past and was just kinda over it this year. I found a picture of a cake I liked and went from there- It turned out okay- nothing amazing but I was satisfied!

Georgia's guest began to arrive and they decided to do some ballet while they were waiting.

So cute, So funny! So something I would have done as a kid! Georgia looks super serious in this picture and it makes me laugh! Maddie (The older girl here) is enrolled in the Houston Ballet Academy where Georgia takes lessons- Georgia looooves Maddie and looks up to her SO much, she was so excited she was able to make it!