A midst all the spring hubbub, my baby has turned 11. She has grown into such a beauty both inside and out. For her party this year she wanted to do a spa night. Boy, did I wish my sister Tricia was around to help out. What a time we would have had together pulling this "spa-tacular" party off. It was still fun to do on my own, but after 12 feet and 60 toes I was tired! What counts is McKenna was happy and all her friends seemed to have a great time. Our only regret was that we couldn't invite ALL her good friends. I just could not see a way to do it with 12 -15 girls!
6 was the magic number.
As each guest arrived they received their spa basket that had everything they needed in it for the night and chose their nail polish color for their pedicure.
The baskets had their craft supplies in it, a headband, microfiber washrag, makeup pallet, foot soak medallion, scented body wash and smoosh, nail care set and some lip gloss. When they chose their nail color they added that to their basket as well. Thank heaven for the dollar store!
Once everyone arrived we got to work on making the rag-tie flip flops to be worn after the pedicures were finished.
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| Elizabeth Zundel showing off her rag tied flip flop. |
The kitchen table was set up for a mini-class on basic make-up application. The girls were able to choose their color pallet and had a good time practicing putting on their own make-up.
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| Cassidy Dustin powdering her nose. |
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| Sage McKague putting on her eye shadow. |
Of course then we had to do some glam shots. Don't they all look great!
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| Back (L to R): Cassidy, Anna, Molly, Elizabeth Front (L to R): Sage and McKenna |
After the photo shoot it was time to head back to the table for a mini-class on skin care and make-up removal. The girls couldn't believe I was making them take off all their hard work.
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| Molly Meyers removing her make-up. |
Of course a facial class wouldn't be complete without a hydrating mask.
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| Anna Cordes and Molly Meyers sporting their masks, cupcakes and personalized water bottles. |
After the masks were removed and everyone had satin hands (another spa secret) we adjourned to the movie room (still set up from prom) and projected a movie while each girl got their pedicure. It was at that point I had to call Eric in to help. He had to keep rotating the foot baths for me because I was up to my eyeballs in toes and polish.
Of
course the friend birthday party didn’t negate a little family celebration on
the day of her birthday. If you can’t
tell by the pictures, McKenna is really into zebra print right now. Everything McKenna got was zebra print:
scarfs, glasses, shoes, bags, socks, notebooks...
Carson spent about two weeks
fixing up his old Chinese yo-yo (taking it apart cleaning it, replacing the
sticks and strings and repainting the body in black and white) to give to her
so they could yo- yo together. It was so
thoughtful.
The morning of McKenna’s birthday,
Carson made her a birthday breakfast of chocolate chip, smiley face pancakes
and sang happy birthday to her. Those two have quite a bond.
That
evening she had her a candy bar pie and was treated to a
rousing, opera style happy
birthday song.
Happy Birthday, McKenna. We love you!
