Princess Party!

My posts are out of order... we had Savannah's 1st Birthday party ever right before the Dickinsons got here, I just got so excited to post the fun weekend visit first. Any whoo- Savannah's been begging for a b-day party since Josh's and Zach's parties in April/May. But her b-day is on Dec 27th... which means she will probably never get a party out of me during that time of year. So we have decided on half b-days for her. I have to say (I hope my boys don't hear this) but it was the funnest party ever! I had so much fun preparing for it and then doing crafts with the girls! My boys like crafts, but girls get so into it and well they're just so girly! Savannah insisted on girls only party (with the exception on Josh as a helper and Zach was only allowed to be there for the cake, ice cream and help with the pinata:( - she's a picky princess.
So here's how it went...

Once upon a time...they had a royal lunch with pigs in a blanket, star and heart shaped sandwiches, princess chips (sun chips:), and fruit with pink lemonade in fancy glasses (made of plastic of course!). Food fit for a princess! While the Queen got the crafts ready the girls danced in the party room (our empty but decorated dining room) to disney princesses cd. They decorated and decked out their crowns, wands and painted their treasure boxes in their favorite shade of pink. They were all so meticulous with their decorating and took it very seriously! Next, more playing outside this time (for about 5 minutes it was 100 degrees- too hot for princesses) while we cleaned up and got ready for the princess pinata. To hit the jackpot on this pinata, you don't swing at it with a bat, instead you pull one of the many dangling strings till someone pulls the magic one- and out it comes. We also did a little game of pin the crown on the princess. And last but not least, we sang the song, ate choc. Belle cake, and opened presents. It was a truly magical day for our little princess! And she lived happily ever after...
Josh volunteered to be the party assistant and took his job VERY seriously. He helped me make and assemble tiny coloring books, filled the pinata and the goody bags, set up crafts with me, made chocolate covered pretzels with me, helped the girls with their crafts, and kept all my lists together and checked off, and probably the hardest job of all- kept Zach and Sav entertained for me while for the decorating of the cake. I payed him $2 for his hard work and effort. Thanks Josh! Thank you to Emily, Miah and Jenna for coming and making it so fun for Sav!!