Mira's friend birthday party

This afternoon, Mira had her birthday party with her friends over today. She invited 6 friends and had a wonderful time! We played games, decorated their own cupcakes, and opened presents. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

Mira, Amelia, neighbor Kelly:

Playing "musical dress-up". We put three items from Mira's dress-up trunk in the circle and played some music. The kids passed the items around the circle until the music stopped. If someone was holding an item when the music stopped, she had to put it on. Then we added three more items and started the music again. Isaac (wearing the red Arial wig in photo) ended up wearing quite a few items. The game was a hit!

They all had fun dancing to music:

They had a race with a cotton ball on a spoon:

One game that didn't work out: Keeping balloons up in the air. Balloons + popcorn ceiling = no good.

The kids all decorated their own cupcakes, and everyone got a candle to blow out!


Here are some of the girls decorating a school bag that Mira got. It had a side you color with markers on. It was special that all the party guests got to have a part in decorating it.