How a Child Throws a Party

I think I am rubbing off.  Let me paint you the picture.  Youngest daughter resting her sweet little eyes during an afternoon nap.  Mom sewing away on her short sleeve drape front cardigan.  Oldest daughter drawing by Mom in the "workshop" (this is the name that my craft room was given by my oldest daughter).  Out of no where my daughter says that she wants to throw a party.  Yes, yes that will be great, keep drawing.  A little conversation began while I was trying to keep her busy drawing.

Mom: Maybe you can draw some things for your party.
Audrey: I am going to do a treasure hunt.
Mom: Great idea, draw some things for your treasure hunt.
Audrey: Let's do the party at 3:00. Can you call my friends (cousins)?

Wait. This is a real party? And that is how it all started.  I handed her a pile of Family Fun magazines and she looked through them and picked out activities/things she wanted to do for the party.  We basically put it together in one day. It was a blast!  Here is how it all went down...

Guests arrived and we went on the treasure hunt.  Audrey drew all of the clues herself and they were darling.  They led us to the sandbox where the treasure was.  I helped out with the treasure by making some fleece Otter Pop holders.  Audrey wrapped them all herself and added some flower people that she had drawn to the loot bag.  After the hunt we had paper airplane races followed by an Otter Pop snack.  Next up was a water pinata.

We finished off with  some water play time on the bounce house.  The slide of the bounce house led to a slip n slide.  Throw in a bucket full of water balloons and we had one fun party!

The food we had for the party was Otter Pops, popcorn and lemonade. The flower straws were a hit, plus I could write names on them which was a super bonus.  The kids snacked on popcorn and lemonade while they played on the bounce house and slip n' slide.

I was proud of my little Audrey for how well she did with her party.  I obviously helped with things but she was right beside me for everything from folding those paper airplanes to taping together the paper cones for the popcorn.  What a way to bring in the Summer!

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