Emma's Birthday

My little Emma Rose is Ten! Emma is a sweetheart. She cares about others' feelings and does her best to make others happy. She never wants to hurt or offend. She is bright & talented. She is naturally good with all babies (which is a huge help to me). She loves being a girl & loves her hair. She has so much love in her & still plans to home all the homeless when she grows up. I love you Emma!

Just one week after Tessa's birthday comes Emma's. Emma was pleasantly surprised that I allowed her one present to open before school. It was a new outfit and she looked darling in it. I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast and Emma was delighted. She expressed a concern that no one would come to her party...but 16 out of the 20 showed up right after school ready for fun.

We had a Halloween themed birthday party which was fun & simple. We already had decorations up so we just needed some food & games. One of the favorite decorations were floor stickers that were glow-in-the-dark green gooey footprints leading down our front hallway. As the kids came in they were concerned about the footprints & wondered who had made them:)

Spooky treats were fun to eat! We had homemade root beer with dry ice. [I made the mistake of adding the dry ice to the pot that still was hot. I was mopping up root beer in a panic ten minutes before the party started.] We ate Mummy Dogs, Ghostly Cheesy Fingers, Mud Cups, & Monster Jaws.
My main concern about this party was trying to find enough entertainment for a wild mix of boys & girls. I hoped that Everyone would have fun. We played some fun games including the "Skittle" game. Watching a few of the kids try not to chew the skittles was hilarious! Foam pumpkin shapes & straws turned out to be a huge success! We played boys against girls. One from each team would take a straw and try to get as many pumpkins as they could into a bowl in 30 seconds. Emma didn't want me to play one of the same games that we'd played at Tessa's party, but it ended up being the favorite. The kids kept playing it even after we'd stopped.
The best thing about this party for me was that we'd already eaten dinner and when the guests left we could clean up and go to bed :) Those boys and girls were quite a fun and loud bunch! Emma loved all of the attention: from us and her friends. She always has commanded the attention of a princess and received it well this day.