Other than writing the check, it's the easiest birthday party ever. We lugged in chips and pop. Grace made cupcakes so we didn't have to do a birthday cake, blow out the candles scene in the middle of the party.
She sent out Facebook invitations. She rushed to a camp counselor meeting an hour before and the outfit she had planned to wear didn't work. Luckily, a friend who came to fix her hair in the spare 15 minutes before the party brought 3 outfits. Grace grabbed one of hers, and voila. Instant glamorous 18-year-old.
People showed up. And showed up. And showed up.
We just kept welcoming them and directing them toward the coat rack until Ron, the dance instructor/dj got them out on the floor and led them through their moves.
Then they danced.
They took breaks to grab drinks, mostly water, in spite of the pop we'd carried in. Then they danced some more. Sheila came too and took pictures. Thanks, Sheila!
There was no dirty dancing, except for one couple and they weren't even very good at it. Instead they focused on group dances like the ChaCha Slide and the always fun Snake Dance.
There was a lot of sweating and laughter, so overall, I'd definitely call this a success.
5 comments:
I'm so glad you invited me to hang out with you. It made me teary to see Grace all grown up. Her friends are a great group of kids.
It seems like only yesterday she was correcting my paleontology errors... But in fact she was about four at the time.
SK
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Looks like it was a huge success.
Thanks for sharing.
That looks like a blast! What a great party and great memory!
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