We had a surprise 16th birthday party for my sister, Alayna, in the middle of June. Her actual birthday is not until August, but for a number of reasons, we decided to have the party a bit early! Of course, it totally threw her off track and she wasn't suspecting a thing. :-)
I had the fun task of entertaining/detaining her the day of the party while her friends arrived at the house. We went shopping and hung out at Dunkin Donuts. All the while, I was trying to be cool, calm and collected, while glancing nervously at the clock every 5 minutes.
After the initial shock of the surprise was over, the girls played a game. Everyone was given a piece of paper. They each had to write a sentence about Alayna - not necessarily a factual one either! They then each passed their paper to the next person. That person would then have to draw a picture of the sentence the previous person had written. When they were done drawing, they would fold over the first sentence, and hand the paper to the next person. That person would only see the drawing, and would have to come up with a sentence to match that drawing. It was kind of like "Whisper Down the Alley" with pictures, in a way. It got quite comical at the end to see how far off the beginning and ending sentences were!
I had the fun task of entertaining/detaining her the day of the party while her friends arrived at the house. We went shopping and hung out at Dunkin Donuts. All the while, I was trying to be cool, calm and collected, while glancing nervously at the clock every 5 minutes.
After the initial shock of the surprise was over, the girls played a game. Everyone was given a piece of paper. They each had to write a sentence about Alayna - not necessarily a factual one either! They then each passed their paper to the next person. That person would then have to draw a picture of the sentence the previous person had written. When they were done drawing, they would fold over the first sentence, and hand the paper to the next person. That person would only see the drawing, and would have to come up with a sentence to match that drawing. It was kind of like "Whisper Down the Alley" with pictures, in a way. It got quite comical at the end to see how far off the beginning and ending sentences were!
After the game was over, Alayna opened her presents.
One of the presents was a new volleyball, so the girls went outside to try it out. Our clothesline worked as a substitute net! :-)
Then it was time to eat!!
The only boy allowed at Alayna's party was baby Robby! :-)
Alayna's two favorite colors are pink and lime green, so that was definitely incorporated in the party's theme. My Mom made her a birthday cake (of course!). It was a strawberry cake with cream cheese icing...mmmmm!
It was fun to celebrate Alayna's birthday early with friends. You only turn 16 once, so I am sure she will enjoy celebrating it again in another month! :-)
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