Nadia's Cousin Sleepover

There have been many times where I had regretted inducing Nadia on the 30th.  Part of me wishes I would have waited until New Year's Eve.  It would have been easier to celebrate.  For now, we just push back the celebration for a day and it seems to work.

This year we had another cousin sleepover per Nadia's request.  It went smoother than previous years as we are learning what works and what doesn't.  All the kids seemed to have had a good time.

Our spread.  A sandwich bar, 7 layer dip and other "healthy food" before we pulled out the fondue and cake.

It doesn't take much to infer which was more popular.

Nadia's yearly request for birthday celebrations always seems to include a DQ ice cream cake.  I'm happy to hand off the responsibility to someone else as I am not talented at cake decorating.  This year was, surprise, a fox theme for my little animal lover.

Nadia is a creative soul of Jackson Pollock proportions.  So we let the kids loose with face paint, temporary hair dye, fondue, firecrackers and all sorts of messy activities.  It was fun to see her in her element.

 Forever the ham.

 It was interesting to have two sides of my family at one party and see the differences between the  children.  Isabelle was very conservative with her choices, one small pink heart and some glitter in her hair, whereas the "Beck" kids looked like walking graffiti. 

Nadia had gotten a wii Just Dance game the day before as a birthday present and we used that for the party.  It was a big hit.  We brought in our new laser lights indoors and created a disco downstairs.

I cannot believe she is 7!

They did make it to midnight with the exception of Isabelle, Caroline, Sage and Elsa.  I think Isabelle missed it by 30 minutes.

Minecraft marathons

 

Firecracker and poppers outside! 

I loved this party.  I think because it reminded me of the parties I had as a kid.  There was a bit of nostalgia there I suppose.  No fighting, no problems, just good fun.  Hopefully we have a few more years where we can do this with all the kids.