Gillian, like every other little girl, is obsessed with Frozen. She loves Elsa and Anna and I just knew she would want a Frozen themed birthday party. I found a cookie cutter for Olaf and planned her entire party around Olaf. I made it an Olaf in summer party. For those who don’t know, Olaf is a snowman and he dreams of being able to play in summer.
Gillian’s party was today. Just minutes before everyone was due to arrive it started to rain. So we quickly had to change our plans. We were going to do games outside, but we had to move them inside. Luckily, Daddy had set up a tent on the deck, so we started with decorating some princess crowns and wands. Every little girl needs a crown and we needed wands to make sure that Olaf wouldn’t melt! The girls were very determined and made some beautiful crowns.
Our first game was pin the sunglasses on Olaf. This was fun. The girls really couldn’t see with the blindfold on and had a hard time placing the glasses correctly. You will see that there are two that are pretty close. Well we had one cheater and one little girl refused to put the blindfold on. Personally my favorite is the one in Olaf’s hand.
We then piled up some cups and the kids threw beach balls to knock them down. This was a huge hit. The girls loved it. They all went two times!
After the game, we had three of the girls go an decorate crowns (they were late and didn’t get to decorate with the other girls). Meanwhile, Gillian took her other friends downstairs to play. If it wasn’t raining, we would have done another game. But we had to make do. The girls got to play for a little bit. And then I told them it was time for pizza. They ran upstairs. All the girls ate very well.
After pizza, it was time for cupcakes!
The cupcakes were a huge hit, along with some fancy 4 cookies!
Once everyone was done with dessert, it was time to bust open the piñata. The rain had stopped by this time. And we were able to go outside. The girls were patient and waited for their turn to pull a string. They didn’t fight over the candy and each took a small amount. Since the rain was gone, the kids were able to play on the playground. They played nicely for awhile. Slowly the girls started to leave until there was three girls left plus Gillian. They played so nicely together, we didn’t realize that it had gotten so late. The last girl left around 3! I see that as a sign of a good party.
After everyone left, Gillian opened her gifts. She is a lucky girl and received a lot of nice things. Daddy asked her “What was your favorite part of the party?” She answered honestly “The presents!”
John and Gill went up a hill 