Great to be 8! (part 2)

I'm so behind on blogging, people. Frankly, it's been hard to find the time, the VanderLouw's have been busy. But I feel compelled to keep blogging because it is my family journal, one I recently made into a book and I want to keep doing that every year. So I will blog on.

We had Grace's 8th birthday party at the end of April. The 8th birthday is a big deal to us, so it was an exciting month or so for Grace. For her party she originally wanted to have a sleepover, but we a a family rule about no sleepovers so we decided to have and almost-sleepover pj party. The girls all arrived at 5:00 in their pj's and stayed until 9, all 10 of them. All 10 7-8 year old girls... Anyway, we had pizza when they got here and did lots of other sleepovery stuff.

We decorated pillow cases

Played Just Dance 2

Had cupcakes

Opened presents...

Thanks for the squinkies and bubble gum Sydnie!

Thanks for the Zoobles Zoe!

Thanks for the hair barrettes and earrings Acadia!

Thanks for the stuffed animal and water bottle Elizabeth! (I guess these water bottles are all the rage? Grace was excited because everyone at school has one.)

Thanks for the Squinkies Rozlyn!

Thanks for the earrings Aria!

Thanks for the earrings and scrapbook stuff Kara!

Thanks for the bracelet making kit Emma!

Thanks for the Squinkies Lily! (can you tell what toy is popular these days?)

We had a great time!! (can you tell who the class clowns are? ;) )

We also made necklaces, played outside a lot, watched Tangled, and yours truly painted everyones tonails (um, yuck, but I took one for the team). Grace's 8th year of life is off to a great start!