Luau!

For 7 months, our house was in transition. The girls desperately wanted to host playdates, but it just never seemed safe, between construction, packing, moving and unpacking.  Avery and Kate consoled themselves by shopping in magazines for party supplies so that they could
host a party as soon as we moved into the new house.

After much perusing, the girls chose a luau theme.  And after many, many weeks of asking, we went ahead and scheduled a house-warming luau party for both of the older girls' playgroups (despite the construction, painting, and unpacking that is still happening).  Luckily, Nana had lots of luau stuff we could borrow, so I took the girls to Party City and gave them each a budget of $10 to spend on anything they wanted for the luau.  We looked at decorations and games and cups.  In the end, Kate chose Hawaiian tattoos and umbrellas for her drinks, and Avery had her eye on a real prize: a dolphin balloon with the perfect price tag: $10.  Both girls ended up adding silly string onto the tab because who can say no to silly string?

The luaus were decorated by the girls and led by the girls.  Kate's party didn't have much structure because Kate was a bit embarrassed when I asked her what she wanted to do at her luau.  Avery's party had a checklist of items to complete.  Two girls with two different personalities.

Kate tells about her Luau
When everyone came over we took a Hawaiian picture and we wore a lei and a grass skirt.  Abigail didn't know that the grass skirts were real.  We played with silly string and we eated and we put on tattoos.  I loveded them.  One more thing that was really special about my luau was drinking Kool-Aid with umbrellas in the cups.

Avery tells about her Luau
When everyone came over, first we played with the stickers.  Then, we went upstairs to play and we hid from Jackson.  We played Pin the Flip-flop on the Hula Dancer and then we played with silly string.  We played with water and ate popsicles.  My friends thought it was fun!  I thought it was great.

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