Happy 7th Birthday yesterday to our no-so-little-anymore Paigey. Oh how fast the time escapes. The Elmo phase has passed. The princess and Dora phase is over. We're heading into teeny-bopper time and I'm not so sure I'm ready for it. Play make-up and Barbies. No more bows in her hair. Disney channel music videos and Delilah on the radio. She may have a small crush on Hiccup from her dragon movie. Can you even have a crush on a cartoon character? I'll take cartoon crushes over real-life crushes any day.
Seven things I love about my Paige:
* She's passionate. About mostly everything.
* She's expressive. There isn't really a time when we don't know exactly how she feels.
* She LOVES music!
* She's not afraid to try most things.
* She's creative in her art, school and pretend play
* She loves my cooking
* She's always excited about the next big holiday, next visit from family, or next family outing. Her excitement is contagious!
The 7th birthday bash was a hit. Saturday will forever be remembered as the "How to Train Your Dragon Birthday". Not, the big 7th birthday, or the big birthday before you turn 8. . . nope, she's hopelessly addicted to dragons.
We focused on the "training" your dragon instead of the violence of the vikings, since it was a girl party. The girls loved it! They each got their own little beanie baby dragon (retired and purchased cheap on Amazon!) They held their dragon while I tossed fish to them in the "Let's Be Friends Fish Toss." Kylee and Tyler won, hands down, with 5 fish caught between them in one minute.
Then, we played pin the tail on the dragon. Paige drew this cute little Toothless picture a few weeks back. I had her make a little brown tail to pin on.
Next was the golden dragon egg hunt. They searched for golden dragon eggs in various places all over the house and down the street. The last clue led them to the "dragon nest" where they picked up their goodie boxes.
While they hunted for golden eggs, they made their own ice cream in a bag. Each of them had their own little double bag with a serving of ice cream mix, ice, and rock salt. They squeezed it as they hunted. Some turned out, some didn't. I figured some of them were a little too distracted while hunting and forgot to squeeze their bag. It all worked out. By the time we had eaten pizza and cupcakes, only a couple of them wanted the ice cream anyway.
They each colored a little picture and watched How to Train Your Dragon while they waited for the pizza to cook.
Before I knew it, the pizza was gone, the cupcakes were mostly gone and the presents had all been opened. 4 girls were just enough for our little house. I never could have imagined the noise that can come from 4 little 7-year-old girls!
