On Thursday, Eleri came home from school excited to frost her cake. I had baked the cake earlier in the day. My two beater eaters were eagerly waiting their chocolate treat.
Eleri and I rolled up the pj’s for her party guests. Eleri has similar pajamas as Emersyn’s party based on which ones Uncle Andy could find on sale in size 8. We had everything set and prepared for eight girls when they arrived home on Friday. Eight girls for the eighth birthday!
The Justice socks were placed in the basket ready for the girls to find an unmatch set.
We used the same decorations from Emersyn’s party. In the past, Eleri has had her party first. Emersyn was pleased to have her party first for a change.
I picked the girls up at school. Lili goes to school at Dulwich, therefore, I sent Mr. Nie to get Lili while the girls played on the playground. The girls enjoyed the playground for an hour – it is a great playground.
When Lili arrived, I took the girls to get slushies. Then, the drive home to begin the birthday fun. The girls ran into Eleri’s room to put on their pajamas. I should have taken a photo of Eleri’s room as the girls left their clothes all over the floor – where the clothes stayed their until the next morning when the girls packed their bags. Some clothes were still there after all the party guests had left!
We ordered cheese pizzas from Papa John’s. The girls enjoyed the pizza while watching the Kung Fu Panda series – new from the dvd store today.
After pizza it was cake time…
followed by presents time…
Next, the girls had fun making hair design ribbons on Barbie. com. I ordered the special ribbons for the girls to print their creations.
We settled the girls down into their air mattress beds and a movie. I had plenty of beds as I still had Faith’s two air beds from Emersyn’s party. By the time Jim and I cleaned up the kitchen, it was after 10pm. We moved to the bedroom to watch a bit of tv. When I came out to check on the girls at 11pm, half of them were already asleep. I turned off the tv as everyone was ready for sleep.
In the morning, the girls were up early at 6:15am and ready to play. Jim made his crepes which they all covered in powder sugar.
The girl began to play games for their morning fun. First, they played “Act it out”, Eleri’s game from Justice.
Next, they played “Candyland”. Since there are only four pieces for the game, they doubled up as teams.
After “Candyland”, they played “Truth or Dare”, Emersyn’s game. They were very funny. At one point, someone was to eat a spoonful of ketchup. She didn’t want to do it, so Eleri said she would do it for her. After that, they decided they should do all the dares together. They had fun!
The last game was “dog Pile”.
Then, it was time to go. Of course, none of the girls wanted to leave the fun. Lili stayed longer to play which was nice on this rainy day in Shanghai. Eleri was all smiles with her friends for her first sleep over party. Eleri’s party has been the first sleep over party among her group of friends – which they all loved.
Birthday Recap:
Eleri’s Garden Soiree Birthday Party
Gardens, Butterflies and Eleri’s Birthday Party
Eleri’s Sand and Sun Birthday Party
