Elisabeth's Birthday Sleepover

 For Elisabeth's ninth birthday celebration, she requested a sleepover with four of her best friends. She chose a sweet group of girls who all are already friends, so it worked out great. She was so excited about her party. She wrote a schedule andd hand delivered it to each of the guests. 

The girls arrived at 5:00 and enjoyed some playtime before dinner. Elisabeth received a 3-D pen as a birthday gift from Papa, and it was the hit of the party. All the girls took a turn with it. 

Such sweet, excited girls!

Elisabeth asked for hot dogs and cheese balls for dinner. 

After dinner Elisabeth opened her gifts from her friends, and then they played a game of Among Us. The boys wrote all the tasks on Friday afternoon before the party started. I don't really understand it, but the girls all seemed to have a good time playing. 

Sarah and Elise gifted Elisabeth with a bow and arrow set, so we walked across the street to Kidsborough to try it out. 

I had a surprise for the girls, so Elisabeth and I wrote a quiz about how well her friends knew her to earn clues about the surprise. 

The surprise was matching pajamas for all the girls! Elisabeth didn't ask for much for her party, so it was fun for me to spoil the girls a bit. 

After the quiz, it was time for birthday cake. Elisabeth chose my all time favorite cake for her party. I was more than happy to get it for her. 

After cake the girls played ghosts in the graveyard in the backyard.

There were lots of screams. 

Then they came back and changed for bed. 

It's such a blessing that Elisabeth has such a wonderful core group of friends who encourage and spur her on. 

It's not a sleepover without a movie! Elisabeth chose Ice Princess as her pick for the night. 

Then the girls stayed up even later chatting and playing games. I finally told them they had to go to sleep at 1:00am. 

They were up early the next morning ready to play. 

They enjoyed donuts for breakfast and then played some board games until it was time for the girls to go home. 

Overall, it was an exhaustingly, wonderful sleepover full of sweet memories.