If you read my blog regularly, you'll know I have been working on Megan's party for quite some time. Not only did I agree to write her a murder mystery (without the murder) but I also ended up making four out of the eight costumes (four and a half if you count the costume my mum and I part shared). The first week in December was crazy busy - with the first 3-4 days being filled with writing the party and the rest being spent finishing off costumes that I'd been working on for weeks.
Though Lily's didn't quite get finished, Megan and Lily were young Anna and Elsa. I was pleased with their costumes and while I have a few additions to make, the girls were really happy to have "young" costumes, instead of the standard shop bought ones.
For Nat's costume we had the great idea to do her costume part pink and part blue. It wasn't quite how I pictured it but it turned out okay. Sadly Nat's definitely didn't get finished as it was missing sleeves, collar and the waist band. However it still gave the effect and I have promised I will finish it for her!
As Amy's was the first I started, it was also the most finished. Missing only the collar piece, Amy's dress for Snow White was otherwise complete. I was really pleased with it, especially the sleeves and I hope she was too!
Finally, my mum and I shared costumes. For Nat's birthday, I had been the Evil Queen - knowing she would be the Evil Queen a week later for Megan's. As such I was responsible for getting the cape, crown, balaclava etc. I didn't really make any of it, except for ironing on white for the collar, to cover up the purple.
I didn't get as much time to work on the food as I'd wanted - but we had a rough theme. There were Anna's sandwiches, Anna and Elsa's chocolate stack, Olaf''s carrot dip etc etc. Anything without a theme, feel under Sleeping Beauty's bites. Megan asked if we could put blue food coloring in the lemonade and so that was our drink. As a "party bag" we bought Disney themed mugs for everyone (since everyone was a Disney character) and then placed a lottery scratch card in each. Sadly there was only one win and that was for £1. Megan's Uncle Chris was nice enough to give it to Megan too.
The party went well and while it didn't go quite as smoothly as I hoped, Megan and Lily enjoyed it and that was the main thing! That saw the end to Megan's party, but certainly not the end to her celebrations.
On Thursday of last week, it was Megan's actual birthday. Despite giving her free reign to wake me whenever she woke, it was only 6.45am when we got woken and we're usually up at 7am anyway. Chris and I got Megan an electric keyboard, some Frozen loom bands, a Where's Wally book and a Hidden Mickey's book. Though it didn't arrive until later in the day, we also got her a new set of headphones and a bag for her iPad. Lily bought Megan a Ravenclaw scarf and honestly she's barely taken it off since.
As well as that, she got quite a lot of money from people, largely in dollars - ready for our Florida trip. I think at last check she had just over $200. On top of that she got a year's membership to Movie Star Planet, a new dress, a novel, £20 for Next, £20 for Toys R Us, a board game and £10 in cash (I think that's everything!!).
The day was spent at school and work but afterwards we all went out to Pizza Hut for a family meal. There was ten of us in total and actually it was really nice.
That saw the end of Megan's birthday itself, but the celebrations still weren't over!
On Friday night, Megan had her friend Katai over for a sleepover. Katai recently moved to Zambia, but she is back for Christmas. As such it was Megan's one request, to have Katai over for the night and then spend the day with her on Saturday. The weekend started with popcorn, crisps, chicken strips, cheese bites and cherry coke, while watching movies. First we watched Enchanted and then The Game Plan. After that the girls went to bed. The next day we had a very chilled out morning and finally around lunch time I sent everyone upstairs to get dressed. God knows how, but it took them an hour to get ready and it was about 1.30pm before they were ready to go! We headed over to Lincoln with the plan to get dinner and then go bowling, but in the end it didn't work out that way.
We went to a pub called Woodcocks for lunch and even though it was 2pm, the pub was still incredibly busy. It took an hour to get food and then because we ordered dessert too, it took almost two hours in total. When we eventually left, we went over to my mum's for a little while, just so Megan could have longer with Katai. However we headed back after that, dropping off Katai on the way home. This officially saw the end to Megan's birthday celebrations and now we're moving on to Christmas! I can't believe its only a week and a half away now!
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