Nancy Drew birthday party

Over the last few weeks, we've had Emma's 18th birthday, my birthday, our 24th wedding anniversary and a slew of graduation events.

This week we are celebrating Emma's official commencement graduation ceremony from high school, my parent's 50th wedding anniversary and I'm hosting a Nancy Drew themed birthday party for Josie's upcoming 10th birthday. 

Yes, I'm officially crazy.  Yes, I've been burning the midnight oil trying to squeeze everything in while also working.

Back in March, during National Reading month, Josie was asked to dress up as a favorite  book character and she enjoyed being Nancy Drew.

When she asked to have a Nancy Drew Mystery birthday party, I was thrilled.

Josie's guests will receiving detective kits to help solve the case of Josie's missing birthday present.

Most of the party supplies came from the Dollar Tree and with the help of Google images and a load of glue sticks, I came up with some fun mystery decorations.

Josie's party is being held Friday night and I'll try and do a follow-up post that includes the mystery and the clues.  

And I promise I will get back to visiting blogs again once I get through Emma's graduation open house.  Until then, I'm riding the crazy train!  Be well, friends!

Josie's Flamingo Party!

Josie's little friend flamingo party was Saturday afternoon from 2pm - 4pm.





Two hours was the perfect amount of time and having it in between major meals made it super easy on me.

We also only had 3 little friends from Josie's kindergarten and latchkey program. They were so cute together.

We started out with a crafting table.  The kids colored surf boards and strung bracelets with beads and pipecleaners.  

The surf board is a free printable that you can find here.

We then played hot flamingo (aka hot potato) and pin-the-beak on the flamingo. 

As you can imagine, the flamingo hunt and pink sand were a big hit with the kiddos.

I even convinced Chris to wear a lovely straw hat and grass skirt with his Hawaiian shirt as he led the flamingo expedition.

At the end of the hunt, we had a chest in Josie's sandbox filled with treasures.


That pink sand is such a fun festive color and it was a BIG surprise for Josie and Emma.
After the flamingo hunt, we celebrated with presents and ice cream.


Such a special party for a special six year old! 

The festivities continue on Sunday with our own little family of four, and then again on Tuesday night with our extended family.  We love you Josie Xue!  Happy Birthday, sweetie!