More Birthday Fun

March is just the birthday month that keeps on giving.  Although Adelie's actual birthday isn't even until next week, we continued our month of celebrations with a friend party for Adelie this past week-end.  I had offered that Adelie could do a birthday activity with a friend or two, but she instead requested a party with a few friends.  I was initially planning on just having the kids come over to play at our house, but we decided to take advantage of our church gym for a little more room for fun.

Adelie chose 6 friends (4 boys and 2 girls) that she wanted to invite.  With the addition of her siblings and one of her friend's siblings (who is also one of Staley's friends), we had a nice group of 10 kids to celebrate with Adelie.

We continued with the mermaid birthday party theme because, well, it's Adelie.

Although we kept things simple, there were a few mermaid decorations, gold fish crackers, and some mermaid tail cake balls as treats.

We played a tag game that I made up called Mermaid Island.  It was a big hit.  (You might think otherwise based on the fact that the birthday girl is sitting on the floor crying in this picture, but when you are almost 6, sometimes you still get sad when you are tagged.)

Because really, who doesn't love a tag game involving pool noodles?

Grammie came and told a few stories with her puppets.  The kids all really enjoyed the story time...and it was a nice way to relax after lots of pool noodle tagging.

The kids all got to make their own aquarium to take home.  Zach thought we should have sent all the kids home with a real fish, but I figured if we got into the habit of sending live pets home from our parties, pretty soon no one will come to them.  So instead, we just used plastic sea creatures.

Adelie chose a crab as her new "pet".  She named it Peanut and declared the craft her favorite part of the whole party.

I'm glad she liked the craft so well, but I thought the surprise bouncy house might have taken first prize.  Not surprising, the bouncy house was a big hit with all the kids.  And it was also a great way to make sure everyone went home worn out and ready for a good night's sleep.

Adelie and Aizlee

Adelie, Grant, and Reese

Adelie and William

Adelie and Jaci

Adelie and Levi

As Adelie was getting ready to head over to the church with Zach, he asked if she was excited about her party.  With a big smile, she exclaimed, "Yes!  It's all about me."  For our middle child who sometimes gets lost in the shuffle, it was fun to have a day that was all about her.  We had so much fun celebrating with Adelie and her friends.