Hello Kitty!

This year Gracie wanted a Hello Kitty themed bday pj party at her house with girls from her school. She wanted a pinata again and pizza and movie. It was very easy to put together. I did realize that I didn't have enough planned! The weather took a turn for the worse and was super dark and stormy so no outside pinata. I wanted the party contained to one room because there was too many to have all over our house! Some girls tried to escape periodically but luckily I had help with crowd control :)

 The same lady that made Ramsey's cookies made her hello kitty cookies. So fun ! She does an awesome job! The girls each took home a goody bag and a cookie.

 I said her pinata was too cute to beat up. Luckily it stayed in tact and we're going to hang it in her room for decoration!

 The girls LOVED her opening presents and we almost didn't do that. Luckily we need a time filler and it worked. Each girl was so anxious for her to open the present from them. It was really funny!

 These are out of order but she couldn't wait to fill the pinata with the goodies.

 GG spent 2 hours hand making all these hello kitty goody bags! They were super cute.

I have SO many people to thank! Thank you to GG for all of your help prepping for the party, to Grandma Gauger for watching the baby the entire weekend so I could prepare for the party! Kelly and I both looked up a few times and had forgotten about him we were so busy! Thank you to Aunt Allie for crowd control and helping to serve and take pictures. Thank you to Kirk for rigging up the Hello Kitty pinata on a broom so we could do it in the house. Thank you to Nicole for crowd control, serving, and taking notes of Gracie's gifts for thank you notes, and thank you to Pop for trying to give us light!
You know how shit always falls apart right before a party? Well that happened. Kelly went to change a light bulb around 2:00 and at 5:45 Pop was over helping to fix it because the entire light came undone. Kids were coming at 6. Wires, ceiling crap all over. Then a breaker went out. It was a nightmare! So, we had a very dark hallway for the party :) Thankfully no on asked!  It takes a village to make a party. But Gracie is so worth it and it was fun to meet some of her new friends :) Lesson learned though- always OVER prepare for things and have back up plans. I even had to pull out some board games at the end because only a few wanted to watch the movie Epic. The others wanted to run around our house and hide and scream :) Not happening at our house. Allie, GG, and I had to turn on our "teacher" voices to get them under control. It was crazy and I was thankful to see the clock strike 8:00 and have parents at our doorstep in the pouring rain!

Happy Bday Gracie Girl!!