Chocolate Birthday

Kari decided right after her last birthday that the next one would be chocolate-themed, and that's what we did. She invited 13 girls over for her chocolate party, and 12 came to celebrate with her (one got sick and couldn't come). It was a smashing success! We played chocolate/candy themed games--name that candy bar (example: a happy nut= Almond Joy), a taste-test version of name that candy bar, and a really fun game where they raced to unwrap a cellophane ball with candies hidden inside. We fed them taco soup for dinner (Kari's request) before we let them at the chocolate fondue and chocolate fountain. Lots and lots of chocolate and lots and lots of sugar! We ended the party with a couple rounds of Catch Phrase and charades. Greg stepped up and owned the party games. He's a great guy to have around for a party. :) My friend, Christine, stayed and helped us, too, which was so nice! I had asked her to help and then decided maybe we could do it without her, but she stayed anyway, and things went smoother because of her. Thirteen girls (plus our other three kids) is a lot to handle! They all seemed to have a lot of fun. We put on a pretty good party, if I do say so myself. ;-)

Two friends spent the night because their parents were gone overnight, so the fun continued the next morning. The picture of Grant and Aubrey filing Kari's feet while she got her fingernails done cracked me up. They had quite the nail party going on.

Kari has some great friends. All the girls were fun to have here. Friend party is done! Now we just have her real birthday to go. Family will be coming over that night, and we'll do the chocolate fountain and fondue all over again! :)