Birthday time

DD9 is about to become DD10. Yep, the double digits are about to hit! She has a few more days before her actual birthday, but her party is this weekend. She's having a tropical tea. She pilfered flower leis and hair clips from a tropical wedding recently (with the bride's permission, LOL) so those are the mainstays of her decor. We found the neatest tropical stuff at a paper goods store today, so we now have a tropical serving platter and table cover. She already had plates and napkins. Lots of flowers on everything. You'd think she had this girlie thing going, or something ;-) She has three friends coming, with their American Girl dolls of course ;-) They will dine on egg salad cups, tortilla roll-ups, tropical fruit served in orange skin cups, and tropical fruit punch (should I point out the obvious, that the TEA is missing from her tea party, ROFL?). Their craft activities will include making sand-art bracelets, and decorating flower pillows to take home. DD's art teacher will be coming and doing face/arm painting for the girls. We'll also have a cookout for the families, so it should be lots of fun. The weather is even going to be very very nice :-)

Her big gift is that I'm taking her to American Girl Place in NYC on her birthday! I'm so excited that I get to do this with her. She'll find out at her party, so if you hear some screeching at party time, don't worry--it's just her, LOL.