Minnie Party

The birthday girl is ready to party!  Sporting a new Minnie outfit and mouse ear piggy tail holders, she looked adorable.  Before the guests arrived I took some quick shots of my doll.  

Everybody posed with Tessa at the photo-op spot.  

Let the games begin!  Ryan did a great job getting each girl nice and dizzy for the Pin-the-Flower-on-Minnie game.  

At this age everybody is a winner. Who wants lollipops?!?!  I can't believe this is the only group shot I got of all the girls. 

And then we did the Hokey Pokey which was hilarious.  All of these girls love to dance and the daddies even joined them for a second round of Hokey Pokey.  So that everybody will remain my friend, I am only posting the video of me dancing.  I have no shame and the girls are too cute not to share this.       

We also played musical chairs which was a first for some of the girls.  It was pretty funny trying to explain the concept of musical chairs. When the music stopped each girl would scramble for "her" chair.  Not just any available chair but the one where they were sitting when the music began.   They got the hang of it pretty quick and loved the running around part.  The birthday girl was the first one knocked out which almost brought tears.  We let her sit in the removed chair and then she was fine.  A prize for the winner and it was time to move on to cake! 

Tessa is blessed with wonderful friends, I love seeing them gathered around the table to wish her a happy birthday.  The look of total joy on her face makes my heart want to burst with happiness.  

Then it was time for presents.  The girls all helped Tessa open her packages which she did not mind one bit.  Each toy was oohhed and ahhed over before we moved on to the next one.  The living room was a sea of tissue paper and little girl stuff.

  

Tessa's big gifts from G&G were a Minnie scooter and a Minnie bike.  When we got to these items the girls all wanted to go outside and play with them.  Tessa looks like such a big girl on her bicycle!  It has a cute little bell and a basket so she can cart around her doll/animal du jour.  She hopped on the scooter and quickly figured it out.           

Even though the official birthday party had to come to an end, our celebration wasn't over.  Tessa's real birthday was still a few days away and more fun was yet to come.