Macey turns 6.

My oldest baby turned 6 on March 3. Per her request, we threw a "Sugarplum Fairy in the Land of Sweets" party. :) It ended up being more of a "land of sweets" party because I didn't have any ballerina or fairy ideas... but Macey didn't mind. I did make ribbon wands and have them dance around to the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy music in the basement. That was a major hit. So therein I succeeded with the theme.

I know I say it with every party, but seriously, it was so cheap. I figured with EVERYTHING (decorations, party favors, cake, treats) it was $40. Not too shabby for entertaining 7 girls. I like to make things myself and use what I have around the house so it ends up saving me big time. It does NOT save me time, however. That was an opportunity cost I was willing to take. Like how I threw some Econ 110 in there for ya? Thank you, BYU. You did not fail me. DeVry? We'll see.

Since I am finishing up with school and am interning right now at a hospital I decided to keep it as simple as possible... as I could let myself. Obviously I got a little carried away with some things. The ceiling decorations are just $1 table covers cut into strips and then hung with push pins. A novel idea, really. $6 made this party a success and had little girls in awe. But I may or may not have yelled several swear words while hanging them up, and practically did the splits when stepping from the table to a stool (the stool started to sliiiiiide). Damn you stool, I couldn't walk right for a week. But it was worth it. I used sheets for the table covers and then the same table runner and happy birthday banner that I always do. The treat table was fun. Since we only invited 6 girls (one of every year you are old), I didn't want to go overboard on the candy. I'm glad, because I've we've been eating leftover sixlets and cotton candy for a week! I found everything at the dollar store or Walmart in their Easter section, and I made some jello parfaits to make them feel extra fancy. Randy found the awesome huge lollipops at Walgreens for $1 each, the lady threw in the box they stand in for me, too. Sweet. I just covered it with some wrapping paper.

My favorite part of throwing birthday parties is the party favors. I love seeing the girls' faces light up! Macey also loves this part, it's the fun little trinkets for her that makes life worth living. She is a major people pleaser, too. This is what everyone got to take home in their pink bags:

• pink heart drink glasses (come in a pack of 2 at the $1 store, but I got them on clearance after V-day for $.50! Sucka!)
• ribbon wands (I made, had everything on hand)
• Belle squinkies ring (this was the favorite, I totally scored at Walmart and get them for $1 each, they are regularly like $5 each!)
• Rainbow colored pencil (pack of 8came from Target's dollar section)
• Heart notepad (pack of 6, Target $1)
• Scratch and sniff cupcake stickers (pack came from Target's dollar section as well, I cut them up so each girl got 4. I think that is the definition of cheap skate.)
• Those cute candy erasers that you see everywhere that you can take apart. Each girl got 2. (Bag of 12 from Walmart for $2)
• Ice cream cone bubbles (came in pack of 3 at the dollar store)
• One big lollipop from the treat table
• Any candy they wanted from the table (this replaced a pinata)

 All in all, it was a great little party for my Macey Moo. After it was all said and done, the first thing I did was upload pictures! I was beyond furious to see that I had it on some weird setting. All the pictures are fuzzy and dark. I tried my best to fix it, but you can tell they are very edited. Booo.

Happy 6th Birthday, Macey! We sure do love you!