I've mentioned before how it's our tradition to have theme birthday parties for our kids through their 9th birthday. For their 10th birthday we will pay for them to go somewhere fun. Ella has been planning her 10th birthday party for years!!!
She wanted to go to the Secret Garden Teahouse in Sumner with her girlfriends.
She couldn't invite all her friends, but every girl she was able to invite was able to come. This isn't all the girls...a few hadn't arrived yet.
I had called and tried to reserve her party last year, but they told me they wouldn't have their schedule for February until after January 1st. I called that first week in January and got everything set up. I had told the Mom's that they were more than welcome to come to the party, but I would only be paying for the girls. When I first sent out the Facebook invite I said that the cost would be $30 per person because that's what it said online, but when I called in to make the reservation that price had gone up because of the increase in minimum wage. The Mom's actually ended up paying $36 per person, but they were all fine with that. We only had one Mom that couldn't make it since she was working.
When we got in the teahouse we looked into the front room and saw two tables that were all set up. I wasn't sure if those were our tables, but I figured they were. I talked with the hostess and she confirmed they were our tables, but there were these other older ladies there that thought one of the tables was theirs. I walked away and let the hostess take care of everything. I was a little nervous, but I had been emailed numerous times confirming our party so I knew we were okay. Come to find out they didn't complete their reservation so they didn't actually have one for their party....it was 10 ladies. I felt bad, but at the same time I was so happy that our reservation hadn't been messed up.
All the girls sat at one table.
L to R - Lily, Ella, Helena, Kendra, Olivia, Caitlin, Addison, Anna & Riley.
Us Mom's sat at the table right next to them....Christina, Ga-Ga & Kim.
I hadn't really ever been able to hang out with the mom's of Ella's school friends so it was fun to get to know them better. Jessica is Helena's mom, Sheila is Olivia's mom and Lindsey is Riley's mom.
The birthday girl herself! Her tea party was on her actual birthday too so that made it even more special!
Precious Kuch girls!
Us Mom's got the same thing the girls did except we had different sandwiches. The girls got to choose, peanut butter and jelly, peanut butter and honey or ham and mayo. The tomato basil soup was so yummy. Some of the girls didn't like it so us Mom's got extra.
My pretty girl!
Ella got a cute little personalize cake and we sang happy birthday to her.
Then it was present time!!!
This fuzzy card sang a silly birthday song to her.
She's SO expressive!
This was from Helena...it's one of those bracelet machines. It's been so fun making bracelets for all her friends.
Anna & Addison know how much Ella loves bling so they got her this beautiful bracelet! They also got her some scented hand lotion.
Olivia got Ella this cool Peacock painting! As you can see she loves it!
At Christmas time Rachael told me she was getting her older girls both 2 in 1 laptops. Ella has been begging me for a laptop for over a year. I had already bought all her Christmas presents, but that's the nice thing about having a birthday right after the new year. I got her the purple one and she was over the moon!!!!
Miss Kim & Caitlynn got Ella a pair of earrings and the next Owl Diaries book in the series.
Riley got her Scrunchies and you'd thought she died and went to heaven! She also got her squishies and fake nails...all the best girly things!
Rachael was the only Mom that couldn't come since she was working. Her and the girls got Ella this fun backpack that is a baby holder her for One Generation Doll. She also got her 2 sets of clothes.
Ga-Ga got Ella 2 more sets of clothes for her doll and a cute highchair so her doll can sit at the table and eat.
Party girls!
Helena & Ella
Lily, Ella & Kendra
Anna, Ella & Addison
Olivia & Ella
Riley & Ella
Caitlin & Ella
All these beautiful girls!
Now all the girls with their moms!
Jessica & Helena
Sheila & Olivia
Kim & Caitlynn
Christina, Anna & Addison
Lindsey & Riley
Me, Ga-Ga & Ella
I got my dress on Amazon specifically for the party. It's a maxi dress and it is almost too long. I had to wear my booties and I still had to be careful to pick up my dress. I'm planning on hemming it so I can wear it again and wear sandals instead of heels.
Since the girls didn't really have time to play together we had a few of them come over after the party for a pajama party.
They played with Ella's toys, ate popcorn and watched Descendants. Helena was planning on spending the night...it was going to be her first friend sleepover. Unfortunately Ella got overly tired and I think she over ate at her party because she ended up puking. She always seems to puke on her birthday. I think Helena would have been okay if that hadn't happened, but it worried her so she decided to go home for the night. Ella was okay with it since she was so tired. Even with the night ending on a sour note it was still a fantastic birthday for Ella.
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