Elizabeth's 6th Birthday Party

Elizabeth turned 6 on March 8. She has been looking forward to turning 6 for a long time.....365 days to be exact.

I asked her what kind of birthday party she wanted and she said "Camp Rock". For those of you who do not frequently watch Disney movies, this is a movie with Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers in it. The main character is Mitchie who is a singer who goes to a music camp for the summer.

She gave me the list of all the girls she wanted to invite. With her classmates and her other friends, it totalled 17. No way I could do that in my house. So I decided to host the party at a new salon behind our house and have the girls get their toes and nails done. This also worked out good because the next night was the Daddy/Daughter dance and most of them would be attending so they would be all ready for that (nails and toes wise).

Kirk looked up birthday cakes on line and decided that we should make a guitar for her birthday cake. Then he conveniently schedules a trip to Chongqing the night before the party so I am on my own. I bravely made a guitar shaped cake, fondant, and butter cream icing. Man is it nice to bake when you have a housekeeper to clean up after you! Kirk came home and we did the decorating portion together.

You can see all the girls were properly pampered and really enjoyed themselves. Elizabeth loved being around all of her friends. She really was looking forward to the day. The salon did a great job decorating it and accomodating all the girls. They even braided and sprayed their hair colors.

She really wanted Alex to come to the party. And he had to dress up like a rock star and wear jeans she said. He came, but lasted about 30 minutes and then the ayi took him home. She requested that Kirk come dressed as Joe Jonas. She told him he had to wear jeans and a skinny tie. Of course he complied.

We had New York Pizza delivered and the girls all loved that. They also ate fruit and then of course they were served birthday cake. She got lots of nice gifts from her friends but she was most happy that they were there. I think she had fun.