Madisen's birthday- part 2

Thursday morning when Madisen woke up Bill had already left for work, but the girls were thrilled to see the gifts & streamers he'd set up. Poor Caitlyn squeeled with delight, "My turn" after Madisen opened her first gift. She was disappointed she didn't get a turn!

Madisen was excited to wear her new dress to school. Caitlyn & I got to attend class for the last 15 minutes to do a spotlight on Madisen & share cupcakes with her school friends.
{Please note: the cupcakes didn't turn out as cute as the ones on the web site, I forgot to buy orange Kool Aid- I ended up with Jell-o- and the sprinkles would've contributed greatly to the look!}

After naps we headed to the park for a birthday party. Madisen & I decided to do a Halloween themed party this year to mix things up from the princess party from last year. The weather was absolutely PERFECT- no wind, just sun! Once the guests arrived we started with a game similar to hot potato. You had to pass the witch had around the circle until I said freeze (forgot the batteries for the CD player). Whoever had the hat when I 'froze' the game, had to ride my broom around the circle.

Next we played a relay game. They each got a turn to carry the pumpkin/bear while they hopped on one foot 3x's then crawled through the tunnel, ran around the tree & repeated the course backwards before passing the pumpkin/bear to the next team member.
The pumpkin ring toss was quick but everyone earned a candy corn. Then Bill had a group huddle going for a few mintues where they raced around the grass before joining me in the pavillion for "Pin the Mouth on the Pumpkin". My first contestant was honest enough to say she could see, which is why she hit the exact location for the mouth. I was more careful with the blindfold after that, but one other girl hit it square on!
Everyone's favorite part... cake! This is actually a bunch of cupcakes frosted together to look like a jack-o'-lantern. I found my inspiration for it here. Sadly, we didn't get a great picture but it really did turn out cute! And it was super easy to serve!
Here is my birthday girl enjoying her 'pupcake' as she likes to call them!
And here she is after she opened her gifts, ready to pass out the goody bags. She was delighted with EACH gift! Her friends are so kind & generous! Madisen helped me load up these black Halloween goody bags with fingernail polish, a pad of paper, a pen, some play-doh & a pack of gum for each friend.

**A big shout out of THANKS to Sarah for being behind the camera!