Steve was wonderful and helped me setup and decorate in between rainy soccer games which weren't canceled because they were the final games of the year and him working so he would be ready for his trip to Yuma the next day--let's just say it was a full day.
Here are the girls awaiting the party guests. We passed out boas instead of party hats since every owl needs some feathers. On Ellie's I stapled some letters that said "Birthday G'owl" you know like Birthday Gal--she thought it was fantastic.
The girls made pizzas and then played just dance while we cooked the pizzas.
After dinner they picked the game Apples to Apples to play and it was quite humorous to listen to them play that game.
Then we opened presents.
Had cupcakes.
Played Hoot like an Owl--where one girl is blindfolded and sits on someones lap and tries to guess who it is by having them hoot like an owl or make other animal noises.
We watched the TinkerBell short, "Pixie Hollow Games". Then played Mafia Murder with the girls while we waited for the parents to show-up. Note: I think the girls really liked the games because Ellie went to a friends house almost a week later and came home and said they played Hoot like an Owl and Mafia Murder. ;)
It was a lot of fun! The girls just went with the flow, included everyone, and giggled and danced a lot! We are so grateful for all of the wonderful friends Ellie has. She passed out these cute owl totes with an owl pencil, owl slap bracelet, owl chapstick, and bubbles as a thank you. It was a wonderful evening!