Third Year ~ Tenderfoot II!

We had a "Getting To Know You" party for the girls in our group this year.  We have mainly second graders and one first grader.  I wanted an activity that would be completely fun, no structure.  Meetings are a lot of structure so they need to chill together sometimes.  You would be surprised, for some it was a struggle to play for 3 hours with no rules or guidelines...and I had tons of American Girl Dolls and accessories, a pluthera of dress-up clothes, a coloring table, and a Littlest Pet Shop village set up! Plus a movie playing in a second "quiet" room for girls who needed to wind down once it started getting late.  I only served water and if they wanted to send snack foods I asked for "healthy" if they could, but of course I'm not going to turn away treats!!!!!!  Having a table top water dispenser and small disposable cups available the girls drank tons.  I discovered this at a party I threw at the end of the school year last year.  With ice water and 3 oz. glasses stationed by a trash can the girls drank far more than I've ever seen them drink at parties where it's soda pop and their names are on cups.  They think they want pop, but they are actually happier with water.  And better behaved for me. *wink* 

Here's my princess in one of her costumes, fully accessorized to the 9's! LOL

Here are some of the girls enjoying the Littlest Pet Shop village!

I do think this was the whole group tonight (I mean of the girls who came, this isn't the whole group I have!) ...they each had about a dozen wardrobe changes, it was fabulous! But some of the girls are outgrowing all the costumes so I'll stock up after Halloween is over.  And I definitely need more fairy wings and feather boas, those were a hit.