We did it! We pulled off a really great princess birthday party for Allison, including a visit from Snow White.
This week, we found ourselves surrounded by streamers, tulle, ribbon, flowers and many other decorations. Alli wanted our house to look like a castle decorated for a "royal ball". Knowing this could take quite some time to accomplish, I started last Sunday tying ribbons, hanging streamers, and arranging flowers. I was a little leery of starting so soon and having the decorations within the boys' reach, but nothing was touched! I was in total shock that I didn't have to make any repairs. The boys were sooooooo good and really acted like they didn't notice them. Daddy on the other hand had one big complaint. His nice comfy office chair was taken to make a throne for Alli and replaced with a folding chair. That was the first thing that was taken down and put back in its place. Although we didn't hang streamers from the ceiling in the living room, Alli was excited about the decorations and that I let her use our formal dining room for the birthday table.
The party was a lot of fun and the girls were absolutely bursting with energy. Here is how the party played out.
When everyone arrived, they went to the Nail Center to get their fingers and toes painted, then they could go into Alli's bathroom and put on a little make-up. We then played a few games...Pin the Crown on Jasmine (princess way of playing pin the tail on the donkey), Hot Slipper (hot potato), and hide and seek. The girls then dined on pizza for lunch. All of a sudden the girls spotted poisoned apples scattered all over the living room...and the phone rang. It was Snow White and she wanted to come wish Allison a Happy Birthday, but they had to find all the poisoned apples and get rid of them. (I think all of you reading this could have heard screams coming from our house) They raced around the room scooping up apples like you wouldn't believe. Then the doorbell rang and they screamed even louder! Alli openned the door and in walked Snow White with a basket full of flowers she picked for Alli on her way to our house. The screams turned into little giggles as they all got to take pictures with the princess. We got the birthday cake out and Snow White sang Happy Birthday.
We were all in AWE of her beautiful voice, in fact, one of the little girls said, "it was the real Snow White, because only a princess can sing like that." Alli was so nervous and a little shy that she had trouble blowing out her candles. Then Snow White had to leave to get back to the 7 dwarfs. As soon as she left the giggles turned back into screams and singing (the girls were trying to sing like her). They all sat around the table talking about how they couldn't believe they got to meet Snow White.
We were all in AWE of her beautiful voice, in fact, one of the little girls said, "it was the real Snow White, because only a princess can sing like that." Alli was so nervous and a little shy that she had trouble blowing out her candles. Then Snow White had to leave to get back to the 7 dwarfs. As soon as she left the giggles turned back into screams and singing (the girls were trying to sing like her). They all sat around the table talking about how they couldn't believe they got to meet Snow White. It was a lot of work, but soooooo much fun. I did it all just to see that beautiful, huge smile that came across Allison's face. That is all the thanks I need, but hearing her say that it was the best birthday ever felt pretty good, too.
***Snow White was played by a high school girl who lives in our neighborhood. She is very much into drama, has a part in the school's play The Wizard of Oz, and has won many singing competitions. This was a big surprise to Alli and she truly believes it was the real princess.
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