After all the planning and all the work, the Royal Birthday Ball finally arrived! The slide show only shows the highlights of the party and I wish I would have taken even more photos. Everyone one who has pictures please send them to me. I'm so glad that so many of our friends and family were able to attend, you all really made the evening spectacular.
Here's a little summary of the evening...
Guests arrived to the "Castle" and graced the walkway that was adorned with pennants and royal signs. They then entered the castle and were greeted by the King and Queen of Hearts (me and Cam). Ladies were welcome to use the Bibbidi Bobbidi Beauty Bar and add a little extra flare to their outfits. On the way into the royal courtyard guests passed the Dessert Bar which featured a pink chocolate fountain and a variety of things to dip into it. The dessert bar also housed the Royal Castle Birthday Cake! If guests made it past sugar heaven, they entered into the main courtyard where dinner was being served buffet style. While outside, adult guests were encouraged to enter into the raffle for a chance to win fame and fortune, or wind up sushi and a smore maker :) Children were invited to make princess frames and shields at the royal craft table. After crafting, the party really started rolling with the Queen of Hearts hidden hearts hunt. Once all the hearts were found all those young, and young at heart, competed to see who could eat a large jello heart the fastest. It was quite the spectacle and several guests really showed their mouth stuffing talents. Following games it was time for dancing in the royal ballroom. The Hokey Pokey and Chicken dance were a couple of the crowd favorites. Next it was time to defeat the pinata. Too bad it was a unicorn and not a dragon, but the dragon happened to be sleeping in Valie's room. For those of you who passed by Valie's room you saw the warning sign. After several childen took a whack at the pinata all that was left was it's poor head hangin by the rope. I suppose that meant that it was time to sing Happy Birthday and cut the cake! Lemon with raspberry filling and cream cheese icing to be exact. While everyone enjoyed cake, princess Valie opened presents and made quite a royal mess. Following gifts, grown up party favors and thank yous were handed out and our evening came to a close.
Thank you so much to everyone who attened and helped with the party. I know it was one that Valie will never forget!
