The Land of the Snow Princess

Maddie is six! We were very excited to host a snow princess party at our house with the girls from her class.

The beauty of a snow princess party in January is that there are a lot of options for decor! That didn't stop me from hiring our resident snowflake maker to create some masterpieces.

We had nine girls from her class arrive in their winter princess finery. I hadn't intended for the kids to dress up but I guess there was much talk at school about what color to wear. They look so pretty. Samantha, Millie, Laine, Taraneh, Maddie, Avery, Elyse, Clara, Edie and Mr. Theo obliged me with a photo.

We started the morning off decorating silver jewel boxes. There were beads and baubles and a lot of glue to create the masterpieces.

We then divided the girls into two teams to create their own snow princess. It was great to see them work together. Maddie was the peacemaker brokering compromises so that everyone was happy with the result. She was so sweet to her friend Edie who did not know anyone (she is a friend from Bowen). Maddie introduced Edie to her friends and made sure to stick close to her.

We then played "cold snowball." The girls loved it.

Our last activity was decorating sugar cookie snow princesses and stars. I hadn't intended for the girls to consume the cookies right then, duh. But they did! Theo emerged from his funk to join the girls. He had just finished an hour long tantrum! We didn't think that he'd be upset about the attention showered on his sister. Boy, were we wrong!

Finally, they enjoyed pizza, strawberries, juice and a snow princess cake. There was a lot of laughing, screaming (in a good way) and fun. The birthday girl was very very pleased and the mama was very very tired!

Gabriel loved the balloons!

The happy family all in blue per the birthday girl