On the Saturday before Morgan's birthday, we threw a Princess Party for Morgan and her friends from school. It was so much fun that on the Saturday after her birthday, we did it again for our family.
On Saturday morning, Morgan got to open her presents from Lance, Lina and Lucas (who had spent the night with us after our adventure at Sesame St. on Friday) and from Aunt Lindsay (who arrived early Saturday morning). It was a very Rapunzel-ful bunch of presents -- including a Rapunzel baby doll, Rapunzel figurines, and a Rapunzel dress.
In the afternoon, the party officially started. The kids had fun jumping in the bouncy castle, playing soccer, bobbing for apples, and competing in a sack race (with pillow cases -- a princess wouldn't be caught dead in a potato sack, after all).
Later, we headed inside for to do arts and crafts and open presents. Gwen decorated a magic wand at Morgan's first Princess Party, so she helped show Aunt Jenny how it's done.
Ariella cooked up feast fit for a King (or, in this case, a princess) including pulled barbecue chicken, pasta salad, cole slaw, corn on the cob, baked beans and macaroni n' cheese. Gwen feasted on fruit kabobs.
Morgan's cake was a pink Princess castle made with icing-coated ice cream cones (edible) and princess figurines (not edible). After Morgan's 3rd Happy Birthday serenade in a week, the sugar rush from the cake gave the girls enough of a jolt of energy to put their princess costumes and race back outside for more bouncing in the castle. (Lucas was out of gas after a long weekend of fun, so he said goodbye.)
Finally, Morgan's fairy tale party had reached the "happily ever after" part. Morgan and Gwen said their goodbyes and thank-you's. Before heading off to bed, the girls squeezed in a little snuggle time with Aunt Lindsay (who mentioned this weekend that there are never any pictures of her on this blog -- so here ya go.)
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