Alexis is turning 7 years old! Her birthday seems to come around faster and faster each year. One of the most exciting days at school is the day its your birthday at school…at least that’s the case for Alexis. Her birthday landed on a Thursday this year and she was excited to hand out treats to her classmates as well as have a special birthday balloon on her table for the day. We started the day with pancakes for breakfast with presents to follow.

This year Alexis wanted to plan, prepare and run her own birthday party. In years past, she has been very involved in the planning process but this year, with some guidance, she wanted to do it all herself. So she did. Starting a month early, Alexis wrote out each invitation to her 13 friends in grade 1. She decided on having a jewelry party where her party guests would be able make a bracelet, a necklace, a ring and a jewelry box.

Alexis spent time planning the games she wanted to play as well preparing the decorations and making the loot bags. She put a lot of time and effort into this party and in the end, it paid off. She was very excited about how everything turned out and it was a fantastic party.

Her party guests arrived at 1pm on Saturday and the fun started with some bubbles in the driveway. The party moved inside to where the girls played Pin the Necklace on the Princess, went on a scavenger hunt to look for jewelry and lollies and played a round of Pass the Parcel.

Alexis had set up stations where she instructed the girls to get into groups and rotate from the ring station to the necklace and bracelet station to the jewelry box station.

Alexis had planned every detail of the party, including the food she would serve her guests. She decided on some of her favourite foods; macaroni and cheese, pizza, fruit, pretzels and popcorn. Instead of cake, she wanted to have ‘make your own’ ice cream sundaes. 

After months of anticipation and weeks of planning, Alexis pulled off a wonderful 7th birthday party with some of her closest friends here in Torquay. No party would be complete without a game of freeze dance.

It was wonderful to have a house full excited girls, dressed in their best, giggling together, spontaneously bursting out in song, enjoying each other’s company.

Happy 7th birthday precious girl!