Party Report

I think the party went really well. At least I had a lot of fun. Mom and Dad came over about a half hour before it started. Papa was going to be Lucy's "partner" and Grandma was there to help. S, J and E had plans out of the house. Unfortunately when it came time to go E didn't want to. He complained and cried and had to be coaxed. In the end we made him leave. I felt bad about it but it was a special Father/Daughter party and he is going camping with his dad on the Father/Son outing next month. So with a little trauma to start the party out with we were ready to greet our guests.

As everyone arrived we took their pictures with their dads. I need to e-mail them to Wal-mart so I can get prints to give out. Then the girls were instructed to go to the back bedroom where Grandma was waiting to help them write down an interesting story about themselves. The dads were given paper and pen and asked to do the same only to write about when they were young. When everyone arrived and had finished writing I read them out loud and we had to guess who was who.
It was a fun ice breaker.



Next we ate. We had egg rolls, clementines, rice and sweet and sour chicken (which turned out well and was easy to make), fortune cookies and mints.


When everyone was done eating we went back to the living room and played Jr Pictionary. Very crazy and loud! The "couch team" won.

We took a break for ice cream. Each of the girls brought a topping to share and they got to assemble their own ice cream dishes.

Next we played "mother elephant" a hysterical game using animal signs where you move from seat to seat and try to become the mother elephant. You have to be quick and the girls cracked up at their dads. It was very cute.

At the end H gave each friend a Chinese lantern making kit and told them thank you for coming.

We ran a little longer than I had planned but it was very fun. The girls are so cute and silly and the dads were all very nice.

Two girls came without their dads, who were working. I am glad they came anyway. I'm calling it a success.