Spa Party

Jenna turned 9 on Tuesday, July 31st

 We had Krispy Creme's for breakfast, and then she opened the gift from mom, and Carrie (and Buddy and the boys), it was full of new clothes! She loved them all. In fact, she put the dress on within an hour of opening the gift. She wore it all day. It worked out perferct because Grandma Julene bought her a full length mirror that she could see herself in. (She has windexed that mirror a dozen times).
Aunt Lissa came by with a geat gift that Santa failed on for 2 straight years- a doll house. Wow! That was a hit.

She wanted a party, of course, and so it was decided. She had a Spa party with 5 girls. She carefully thought of those that she would like to attend, and was thrilled that they all could make it. They started with foot soaks, then lotion. They chose the color and painted their toe nails or I helped. After that, they decorated flip flops with the ribbon of ther choice. (They were cuter than the fabric ones, but I think that the fabric strips hold on better to the thong part of the flip flop, and are more comfortable on their feet- thanks anyway, pinterest). While some were finishing shoes, they basked in the idea of being pampered and applied gel packs to their eyes.
We then had pizza and leomande as per Jenna's request. I had the girls sprinkle/decorate the cake for Jenna, and they sang to her.

Jenna opened presents, and it was done. Jenna has some pretty great friends. I was almost as excited as her to have them over. It is fun to be a girl.
I originally thought that I may need help with the pedicures, so I asked a few different young women from church to help, but none were available, it just so happened that my friend, Tiff was in town, so she and her daughter Elaina came down. That worked out great. I got to see Tiff. She helped me, and Elaina got to be a part of the party. Jenna likes Elaina.
After the girls left, Jenna wanted to spend her birthday money from my dad and Regina and buy a build-a-bear. None of my kids have ever done Build-a Bear. Well, it was a perefct time. Tiff and Elaina came along. Jenna picked out the bear she wanted and picked her clothes, she even had them put in a beating heart. She named her and printed a birth certificate. Her name is Flower. It was great timing because the store was slow at that time of the week and day. The girl who works there was sweet and made it a great experience for Jenna.

After Build a Bear we played at Claire's, then headed home. I think that Jenna  had a great birthday.