Audrey's Disney Princess Birthday Party was on Saturday. She turned 3 and talked about having a Princess Party for a few months. Doug and I decided to invite our friends from the squadron since we've been to all of their kids birthday parties but haven't had an opportunity to invite them to one of ours. We ended up with 15 kids and 10 adults. I knew I was behind on the planning for Audrey's party when I had to send out E-Invites. I also ran into another obstacle
when I couldn't figure out exactly what I wanted to do for the party. Everything from the cake to the decorations was up in the air. I finally got some creative ideas on Wednesday, but Thursday was pretty much out. I spent the afternoon at
Southcenter Mall before picking Doug up at the airport around 8 pm. So, Friday and Saturday was a mad dash to the finish line. As Doug and I were putting everything together for the party (
i.e. making wands for the girls and swords, shields and tunics for the boys) I said to myself that this was either going to be a waste of time or a big hit. Thankfully, they were a
big hit! Amazingly we pretty much got everything done, including the cake. I found a castle cake kit on Wednesday night and after reading the instructions when I got home I realized it was going to be pretty involved. I didn't finish the cake until 30 minutes before the party started. It seemed to be going well until I carried the cake out to the garage. One of the columns fell
and icing and sprinkles were all over the floor. I had enough time to clean the floor before the doorbell rang. Unfortunately, the decorations were not completed the way I would have liked, but it was going to have to do and I just needed to move past it. Thankfully a quick repair to the column and it was back on the cake. I had to enlist the help of Dawn and Kim to help me with the
goodie bags. After that the party went smoothly and it turned out great. I've tried really hard to have everything planned out with enough time to spare, but with Doug being gone and us getting back from Oklahoma the week before, I just couldn't do it all the way I'm use to.
Audrey's Disney Princess Birthday Party was on Saturday. She turned 3 and talked about having a Princess Party for a few months. Doug and I decided to invite our friends from the squadron since we've been to all of their kids birthday parties but haven't had an opportunity to invite them to one of ours. We ended up with 15 kids and 10 adults. I knew I was behind on the planning for Audrey's party when I had to send out E-Invites. I also ran into another obstacle 
when I couldn't figure out exactly what I wanted to do for the party. Everything from the cake to the decorations was up in the air. I finally got some creative ideas on Wednesday, but Thursday was pretty much out. I spent the afternoon at Southcenter Mall before picking Doug up at the airport around 8 pm. So, Friday and Saturday was a mad dash to the finish line. As Doug and I were putting everything together for the party (i.e. making wands for the girls and swords, shields and tunics for the boys) I said to myself that this was either going to be a waste of time or a big hit. Thankfully, they were a 
big hit! Amazingly we pretty much got everything done, including the cake. I found a castle cake kit on Wednesday night and after reading the instructions when I got home I realized it was going to be pretty involved. I didn't finish the cake until 30 minutes before the party started. It seemed to be going well until I carried the cake out to the garage. One of the columns fell and icing and sprinkles were all over the floor. I had enough time to clean the floor before the doorbell rang. Unfortunately, the decorations were not completed the way I would have liked, but it was going to have to do and I just needed to move past it. Thankfully a quick repair to the column and it was back on the cake. I had to enlist the help of Dawn and Kim to help me with the goodie bags. After that the party went smoothly and it turned out great. I've tried really hard to have everything planned out with enough time to spare, but with Doug being gone and us getting back from Oklahoma the week before, I just couldn't do it all the way I'm use to.
You are awesome Joy - good for you! I am so not into all the details of a party like you do! I am impressed!
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