Eden & Lily's Frozen Birthday Party

This post should be called "The Birthday Party that Almost Didn't Happen!".  The fact that this party is finally in the books is quite a miracle! 

 

We decided back in early fall that we were going to have a joint party for the girls this year.  Lily wasn't thrilled with sharing her party with Eden but quickly warmed up to the idea when I gave her the choice of sharing her party with Eden or having no party at all! 

 

We chose mid-November for the date of the party and decided to have it at Miss Tammy's.  They have several bounce houses for the kids to enjoy and I knew the girls would love it! 

 

Our first problem came the day after we sent out the invitations.  Lily came home from preschool with an invitation to a classmate's birthday party.  I realized as I was looking at the invitation that her friend's party was at the exact same time and place as our party. When I contacted Miss Tammy's, they realized that they had mistakenly double booked our parties. 

 

After exploring all of our options, we finally decided to move the party to a later time on the same day.  We texted everyone that we had invited, and luckily everyone could still make it at the new time.

 

Fast forward to two days before the party... Eden came home from school with the stomach bug.  After 24 hours, Eden was still not feeling well so we made the difficult decision to cancel/postpone the party.  It ended up being a good decision because Eden woke up the morning of the party feeling worse than the day before. And Lily ended up getting sick that day too!

 

Luckily, Miss Tammy's worked with us and let us move the party... again...to the following Friday night.  Not ideal because I was in charge of Grandparent's Day at school that day but at least the girls would finally get their party.  We texted their friends...again... and luckily most of them were still going to be able to come.       

 

After a lot of praying that no one else would get sick and a lot of listening to Lily ask "How many more days until my party?" and a lot of stress at work getting ready for Grandparent's Day, the girl's party day finally arrived!  I rushed home from a very successful Grandparent's Day at school, quickly finished the girl's cakes and loaded everything up for the party.

 

Eden and Lily were so excited when we got to Miss Tammy's. especially once their friends started to arrive.  They had a great time running around and jumping in the bounce houses.  Because the party was around dinner time, we decided to get pizza for the kids.  They were having such a good time jumping, we could hardly get them to stop and eat!

We decided on a Frozen theme for their party and I was so pleased at how their cake turned out.  I wanted them to each have their own cake and this one was perfect!  

When it was time to sing to the girls, Eden told me she didn't want us to sing to her.  We sang anyway so she stuck her fingers in her ears!

I had no idea that the rock candy that I used to decorate the cake would be more of a hit than the cake itself.  They all loved it!

Up next was presents!  Because they invited different friends, we separated them into two groups to open their presents.  It was funny to watch how different the attention spans were for each group.  Lily's friends (the four year olds) ran around and didn't really watch her open her presents at all.  Eden's friends (the six year olds) sat quietly in a circle around Eden and watched as she opened each and every one! 

Eden and Lily had so much fun at their party that they didn't want it to end.  After all the ups and downs of planning this party, I was just glad that we were finally able to celebrate our two special girls with a fun party!  We are so thankful to all of our family and friends who stayed flexible throughout the entire planning process and took the time to come out on a Friday night to help us celebrate! 

Happy Birthday Eden and Lily!  We love you both very much!