Monday, December 19, 2011

25 Days of Christmas, Day 18

Before we had some Christmas fun, we celebrated Tatum's friend Kelsey's 5th birthday with a princess tea party. Her mother Denise did a beautiful job setting up the table and all the decorations.

And all the girls dressed in their best princess attire. :)

Here's Tatum with Anna, Shay, Kelsey, Grace, Ellie and Kaitlin.

The girls enjoyed real tea, punch, crackers and some scones.

Then someone else arrived at the party. Arial!!! The girls were all beside themselves with excitement!

Look at Tatum's face, she's in heaven!

Arial was so sweet, just like she is in her story. She sang her favorite song, Part of Your World, read a book about her under the sea friends, played a game of Hot Sebastian,...

and then did some cool body painting!

Most of the girls chose this colorful unicorn. That Arial is multi talented!

The excitement of seeing Arial, what a treat!

After singing happy birthday, having cake and opening lots of presents, it was time to say goodbye. But Kelsey is a twin so Tatum was back the next day for her brother Colton's birthday! Two days of fun!

That evening, we headed over to our neighbor Cookie's house, for a fun kid party! Her daughter has a few friends she's still close with from middle school. So Cookie has this party for her daughter and friends to get their kids together. She was so nice to include us, and the kids loved all the kids!

Ty was the youngest but the ages went up to 12! All the kids wore pajamas and had fun playing with toys, coloring frames that Cookie had bought, and running through the house.

Then, at half time, (the Charger game is a must at this party) the kids were prepped and they put on a production of the Christmas Story. So cute! They sang Rudolph, Jingle Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, etc. in between the story. Ty was too cute. He just stood in the front, making his mouth move like he knew the words, putting on a great show. My kids love the lime light! :)

After a few songs, he decided to sit back and watch the others. He decided they all looked a bit silly! :) What a wonderful, festive night!

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