Tuesday December 1, 2009

Yesterday we had Kaitlyn's b-day party. We decided to do a "spa" party. My sister in law, Meg, came to help me out. Grant took the kids out to Chuck E Cheese while we had the party. 8 girls showed up as well as Kaitlyn and McKenna which made for 10 girls, and it was surprisingly quiet. It must've been all of the pampering and the spa music (there just happens to be a spa station on Sirius Satellite that we used). The first thing we did was to put plastic shower caps on the girls heads to protect their hair from the facial masks we put on them. We let them lay down and put cucumbers on their eyes while the mask was setting. After their masks the girls took turns getting their hair and nails done. Meg did their hair and I did their nails. I found these awesome nail stamps and jewels that I used on their nails. Meg did a wonderful job with their hair. We had a fondue pot full of chocolate for them to dip fruit in, and pretzels and marshmallows. We had rice krispie squares and cupcakes and I made shirley temples for them. The girls had a lot of fun. We didn't even get a chance to do the make up, but some of the girls did it on eachother. Kaitlyn's friend did hers and overdid it a little with the mascara, but they had fun. For their loot bags, I gave little spa kits with a nail file, eye mask, lip gloss, scrubbie and body lotion/shower gel. Kaitlyn got so many nice gifts, and later after everyone had left, she decided to use a few of her gifts. She had a nice luxurious bubble bath, and included some bath salts, then used her new bathrobe that she got, and her skincare set to take off the make up and cleanse her skin. She just loved everything about this party. Today (being Tuesday) I went over to my friend Valene's house to hang out for a bit and to take the inside tour of her gorgeous brand new house. She has it decorated so beautifully for christmas. Today was the beginning of our christmas countdown with the awesome advent calendar that I got to make at Super Saturday. We put pieces of paper in each little container with either something to do or something to have. Tyson, being the youngest, got to pick out the first slip of paper. Today's advent calendar strip was for a box of Ovation chocolate sticks. So each of the kids got a few sticks of ovation today. Alex had her baked goods sampling party tonight at her house. Her stuff was so yummy! I could've eaten a ton, but alas it was for sampling not indulging, haha. So I ordered some stuff (mmm...mini cheesecakes). It was fun.