Fancy Nancy Birthday Bash

The day had finally arrived.  After dealing with the disappointment of having to wait a week and a half after her real birthday, then getting sick and having to wait another whole week, Rose finally got to have her much anticipated birthday party.

 Rose has high expectations for pretty much everything in life.  She gets an idea in her head of how things should be and gets disappointed if they don't turn out just how she wanted.  The morning of her party, she kept telling me, "this is the best day of my life!"  This was one day I really didn't want her to be disappointed.  

Everything that she wanted to do for her party involved getting glammed up from head to toe, so we decided to base the party on one of her favorite book series...Fancy Nancy.  We invited 6 of her little girl friends over to help celebrate along with two of their moms who joined me on the glam squad.  (Paul was on baby duty).  

The girls started out the night by making beaded name bracelets.  Being fancy is all about accessories, you know!

We had a gormet meal of pizza and strawberries, with sparkling grape juice in plastic wine glasses.  I think I was more excited about their fancy drink than they were!

(*Of course we also had an "adult" drink for all the Mommies who stayed to help out.  It was a mixture of Corona Light, Vodka, and pink lemonade concentrate...pure deliciousness!)

For dessert, we had parfaits, which is a fancy way of saying ice cream sundae (as Fancy Nancy would explain).  We sang "Happy Birthday" to Rose, but had to get creative with where to place the candle since ice cream and fire don't mix well.

After dinner, it was time to get glamified! (ok, I know I totally made that up, but it just sounded fancier:).  We set up 4 stations that the girls could rotate between to make them look fabulous.  

Laura took on the role as manicurist at the nail-painting station.

Alicia at the make-up station, trying to talk the girls into a more subtle make-up look (although I don't think she was very successful!).

And I played hairstylist.

Then the girls chose from a plethera of dress-up clothes to finish off their looks so they were ready for the runway.  

And now for the fabulous fashionistas....

The birthday girl, Rosemarie

Chloe

Ava

Ceci

Madeline

Amelia

Ally

Our shy spectators, Whitney and Catherine

and our surprise grand finale....sweet Ella Bell, working the crowd!

A couple weeks later, we were talking about our favorite things we did in the summer and guess what both Rose and Ava said was their favorite...Rose's birthday party.  I guess I can say with confidence that her party was a smashing success!

Hugs!