A Birthday Tea Party

Maya chose to have a dress up tea party with her friends to celebrate turning six.  We invited a couple girls from her kindergarten class and a couple girls that she went to daycare with (who brought along some siblings) and ended up with 9 girls.  It was a great group of kids and I think they had a blast!

The girls and I got everything set up the night before - dollar store hats, tea cups and flowers.  What more do you need for a tea party?

Everyone wore their favorite princess dress (there were quite a few Elsa's) and sat at the table for tea and lunch.  Maya was SO excited to surprise everyone with dirt cake.  We put flowers in it and left it on the table during the meal so there was a bit of confusion when we told them they would be eating dirt for their dessert.  

Laurel has found her true partner in crime in Lyla.  Who else would show up to a tea party as a superhero and prefer to play light sabers to tea??  They go to school together and have known each other since they were born since Laney and Maya have also been friends since they were babies.  Maya spent the whole morning telling Laurel she couldn't wear Batgirl to the party because she had to be a princess, which Laurel wasn't happy with.  You can't imagine how excited she was to see Lyla show up as Supergirl - there was NO way she was going to put on a princess dress at that point.

We rented a big Cinderella bouncy house, which as a huge hit!  Nothing like bouncing away all your energy.  Two of Maya's new friends from kindergarten.  She did a great job playing with both old and new friends and making sure everyone felt included and got to know each other.

"The Siblings"  :-)  It is pretty fun to have friends that have two girls the same ages as Maya and Laurel.  Luckily they all get along great which makes get togethers so easy!