6th birthday party

 This year, Kennedy and Kaitlyn wanted a Lalaloopsy party! Lalaloopsys are dolls that look homemade.....button eyes etc.  They each have their own name, birthday and personality. They have recently gotten popular, so there isn't much yet that you can buy in the way of party goods. We had to improvise, but we had fun.

 Party girls!  (Kennedy, Kaitlyn)

We did find some Lalaloopsy shirts! Couldn't believe our luck!

 We made "button" plates 

(When I say "we",  I'm referring to my mom, sister-in law and myself :)

 Getting ready for the party! Aunt Dar and Uncle Lee came down too! What a fun surprise!

 We made colored/flavored popcorn. Pictured above is raspberry, cherry and orange. We also made lime and grape. Since Lalaloopsy dolls are bright colors, we tried to match that with bright and cheery food.  The popcorn turned out cute, but was A LOT of work.

 This was one of the items in the kids goody bags...little snack butterflies! :) We painted the clothes pins green and pink and glued wiggly eyes and pipe cleaners.

 We also made chocolate dipped pretzels (rolled in sprinkles) and lots of cake pops! 

 When the girls arrived, they got started on their first craft! They decorated their own goody bag by gluing a Lalaloopsy face on it and adding buttons and jewels. The second craft they did was making necklaces!  Each girl got a baggie filled with beads, string and a Lalaloopsy charm.  They had fun making that! (Thanks to Aunt Jenn for finding the cute pencil toppers that we converted to charms)

Look closely and you can see Jillian's necklace. She was so proud.

 We then played a version of pin the tail on the donkey. We just used a Lalaloopsy face and bows instead! (Thanks to my wonderful hubby for drawing the cute face!)

Here is the finished product! :)

Next came pizza!!!  Yum!!

 Stopping for a quick pic with Kennedy

 Present time!! 

It's quite a whirlwind with 2 kids opening presents at the same time.

Here are some of the cake pops. I should have taken a picture before they were half gone, but you get the picture. :)  They were tricky to make, but a big thank you to my mom and Jenn for helping!! 

 Singing Happy Birthday to Kennedy! 

 Singing to Kaitlyn

Cake pop and ice cream time!  

The girls had a great party and I think this one will go down in the Slate history books as the "most work for a birthday party." My mom and Jenn deserve a big thank you for spending the whole day before the party cooking and getting everything ready with me! But, the most important thing was that they girls had a blast and had a memorable 6th birthday!