Party Time

Well, it's all over for another year, but it was a great party. After 10 hours of drawing, painting, and baking, and 3 hours of set-up, Candyland was ready to go. We rented a building here in Caronport to have Bek's party because we created a life-size version of the Candyland boardgame, which was more than our house could hold. Glynn spent the morning setting up with the two girls, while I created Bek's cake, which was a Candyland boardgame made of candy.

At 2:00, five giggling girls arrived, ready to see what the afternoon would hold. We began with a number of rounds of twister, which is interesting when playing with people who do not yet know their left from their right. We then, moved onto life-sized Candyland,which was a huge hit. The girl's played three separate games, before we moved on to cake and presents, which to Rebekah was the most exciting part of all.

She loved her cake. She declared it to be, "the best ever." In fact, she was so excited about it, Glynn had to stop her from blowing out the candles before the cake even arrived. Once it did, she blew out the candles with great gusto, and cake and pop was served to all. It was the size of a sheet cake, so one half was vanill and the other chocolate. Then we moved on to presents.

Her first gift was a bag of craft supplies, which really, is the best gift in the world for Bek's. Then she opened up a Cinderella playset, which is a lot like Polly Pockets. It has different clothes to dress Cinderella in. She then received a Magic School Bus storybook. The Magic School Bus is one of Rebekah's favourite shows. She doesn't watch a lot of TV, but we try to catch the MSB every morning, since she loves science. She also received a playdoh set and large 3 foot high princess colouring book. After all of this, who needs Christmas presents.

We finished off the day making miniature gingerbread houses. I had constructed the houses ahead of time, and the girls spent almost 45 minutes decorating them. Some of them ate more candy than was put on the house, but that's what birthdays are for. Finally, we played one more game of Candyland before they went home.

It was a great day. One that Rebekah will not soon forget, even if it was -45. Nobody noticed :)