eight is great

this post is really to recap the ultra fun big birthday bash i recently had for my oh so soon to be eight year old. but i needed to get one thing straight first. i had several girls spend the night for what i thought was called a "bunking party". please tell me there is someone else out there that knows this term!! i understand you call it a sleepover, slumber party, whatever, but it is also called a bunking party in my world.

it was brought to my attention that perhaps several of the girl's parents may have been confused by this terminology and thought i was hosting a "bunko" party, which usually involves a little gambling and drinking. i can assure you, there was no drinking or gambling... well maybe a little.

they were up to all hours playing poker and sharing cigars while i hit the bottle... other than that it was totally innocent.

for real - not as bad as i imagined. there was pizza, cupcakes, gifts, singing, dancing, giggling, crafting, popcorn, a little tiny bit of sleeping and tons more giggling. molly was in heaven the entire time, smiling from ear to ear, so it was worth it. it is fun when you are the birthday girl, everyone wants to sit by you to eat, sleep next to you, play all the games you want to play, so you sort of feel like a princess the whole time.

the girls were super nice to molly's little siblings as well, including them in all the festivities. the big game of the night was dressing up maggie as a queen and treating her like one - thanks, that is all i need for that little princess to be advanced to queen. we are still working out the logistics of that.
so happy birthday dear molly, i hope i made it as special as you deserve.