The Perfect Party

Sara was really adamant that she wanted a Dolphin Tale 2 themed party this year.  She saw the movie twice and read the book and is really into it.  I was just thankful she didn't want another Frozen party and even more thankful when I went to the Party store to plan it.  All the Frozen stuff is totally taking over.  Anyway, it was fun to plan this party for her and to do the decorations.  

I ordered dolphin invites and we sent them out.  We only invited a couple of kids this time as opposed to last year and it turned out way more manageable and fun.

One of her other wishes for the party was to have a "sea of balloons".    Dan and I blew up 70 balloons and put them in her room the night before.  She was super surprised to wake up to them all in her room. 

 Her nice cousin Malina offered to make her a cake.  We described what Sara wanted and Malina made a really special cake that was probably better than probably what we would have come up with.  Sara was thrilled with it.

 Three kids came, one was Sara's best friend Ellie.  They were really cute together.  Her cousin Benny was there too.   They played some party games, the most popular was hide the lobster.  We had a blow up lobster and they took turns finding great hiding places for it and then finding it. Also, the other hit was tossing all 70 of the balloons over the banister that we had put in Sara's room.

 They we had cake and sang happy birthday to Sara!  The kids were really surprised at the real shells and "real" sand (brown sugar) and they loved the dolphins.  Several of them exclaimed that this was the best party they had ever been to and they wanted Dolphin parties too.

After the cake, we took a little break to watch a bit of the movie Dolphin Tale 2.

Next we had an impromptu conga line and other silliness :

Sara got some nice presents, her favorite was a messenger bag that Ellie gave her that you can color and decorate.  She colored it all day Sunday and wants to take it to school with her on Monday.

 I think it was a party she will remember for along time to come.  Dan and I actually had fun at the party too, it was really a good day.

Sara also got to spend some good time with her cousin Benny.

Some shots of the decor: