Mayhem - Rockin' and Rollin' and What Not (A Very Belated Birthday Post)

Well, better late than never, I guess.  Our oldest child, Leslee-Kate, celebrated her 11th birthday earlier this year.

Since her little sister arrived on her birthday last year, we thought that we would let her celebrate this year by inviting over a few of her friends.  She loves to dance, so we thought it would be fun to do a dance party and let all of her friends come hang out and get their groove on.

We had an event staff (her brothers) who checked our guests in at the door to make sure they were on the VIP list.  They escorted each guest upstairs as she arrived.  As each guest arrived, the paparazzi (aka Daddy) snapped her pic as she made her way down the hall.  Later the boys also doubled as waiters and took appetizers around.

We decorated the upstairs bonus room to make it look like a dance club.  We had a disco ball and balloons and posters of Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez and Justin Beiber.  The girls played popcorn (a game that some of the girls made up), name that tune, limbo, and they had a wii dance contest.  Dinner fare included hip hop hot dogs, jammin' jello jigglers, cha cha chips, and punked out punch.   The finale was a disco ball cake and ice cream.

As someone who is fairly new to the tween party scene, I learned two very important things:  tween girls are super competitive and tween girls can pig out.  But I think they all had a good time.  I know LK did.

We really love having having LK as a part of our family.  We know it's tough being the oldest child, especially when you're the oldest of five boys and only one other little sister.  But we know that we can depend on her when we need to.  She is extremely smart and very talented, and she has a kind heart and is a wonderful friend.  We are very grateful to have such a wonderful young lady to call our very own.  Happy, happy belated birthday LK!