Allie's 8th B-day

Allie had her 8th birthday party last night. It was a blast. She wanted a sleepover party with some of her 2nd grade friends. Of course she wanted everything to be pink and black which she calls her signature colors. The party ended up being girls only because Daddy left for work that morning and Colton went to stay the night at his Aunt Novie's. As the girls arrived, Allie greeted each one of them at the door. Then they raced upstairs to see the runway! It was a big hit. Once everyone was there, the girls decorated picture frames. My friend Kim came over and stayed all night to help me keep my sanity. We did all the girls hair and makeup. Then the girls put on a pajama fashion show. You can see the girls strut their stuff on the video clips. Then this year instead of a cake, we decided to do marshmallow K-bobs. The girls were so funny with their little chipmunk cheeks. After opening presents, I sent the girls upstairs for some Karaoke while Kim and I got things ready for the glow in the dark scavenger hunt. We brought the girls tiny keychain flashlights and instructed them to only use them in case of night fright....then the girls came downstairs and were surrounded by dozens of glowing objects. They raced around the rooms in the dark finding as many glowing things as they could. This was a big hit. After the hunt, some of the girls had to leave early, so we said goodbye and got ready for our feature film....Hannah Montana the Movie. Not sure how much of the movie they actually watched, but they did start to settle down a bit. Once everyone had finally drifted off to sleep, I was more than happy to go to bed myself. The girls woke up at about 7:30 and immediately headed upstairs to play some more on the runway. I made them a pancake bar with lots of fruit, chocolate chips, and spray whip and they ate a good breakfast before their moms came to get them. Allie told me yesterday as we were finishing up some of the decorations, "Mom, I hope I have a girl baby so that I can make parties for like you do for me. Then we can plan together and sit and talk while we make our decorations just like we do." MELT MY HEART......those two little sentences were worth it all! Happy Birthday my sweet princess!!