I mentioned in my post about Audiobooks that we absolutely love the Castle Glower series by Jessica Day George. So much so that Claire decided she wanted to have a Castle Glower themed birthday party. It's hard to find castle party things that aren't princess or knight themed!! We had to get creative with our decor and activities since Party City doesn't exactly sell Griffin themed party supplies ;) 

Kenley drew Castle Glower and a griffin... 

Rufus... 

If you have read my blog for a while, you know that I will completely change any room in our house to accommodate for my party ideas... Our living room transformed into the castle dining room...

Claire doesn't like cake so we went the easy route and had store-bought cake balls with ice cream cups... 

We had 3 activities at the party, the first was to decorate gingerbread castles... 

(I threw away all the Mario stuff) 

 The finished castles...

Then we did a piñata.... 

 Our last activity was to find Griffin eggs. Since Griffin eggs are hard to come by in our area we used hatchimal eggs for the girls and dinosaur eggs for the boys! Here are all the kiddos making crazy faces after we unleashed them upon the house to hunt for Griffin eggs... 

Happy Birthday my sweet CLo!!! 

Kenley's 9th Spa Birthday Party

For Kenley's 9th Birthday party she requested a Spa Sleepover party. She invited 3 friends and cousin Bethy. 6 girls is probably the perfect amount for a party because you can actually do activities! 

 I didn't get a picture of the inside, but she requested a Neapolitan cake. 

Marshmallow and Tootsie Roll nail polish treats...

Party Popcorn and Cheese & Crackers...

We used a kiddie pool filled with water beads to make a foot spa... 

They each got to add a bath fizzie... 

They spun the wheel to decide which nail polish color they would use and then Grammy painted their nails... 

Grammy was also there to help apply their avocado and honey face masks before bed... 

The girls also decorated pillowcases... 

In the morning we had a make your own yogurt parfait station and then the girls moms came and picked them up and we all headed to Lake Goodwin Park with our CC group to play in the water!  

Treat bags are always my favorite part! This time we filled flip sequin bins with all kinds of spa goodies... 

Nail polishes, eye masks, face masks, pedicure sets, bath bombs, hair wraps.... 

Kenley loved her spa party! 

Claire's 7th Mystery Birthday Party

Since the day after her Space themed 6th Birthday Party, Claire has been asking for a "Mystery" Party. She was always adamant about the theme but vague in what she actually wanted the mystery to entail. We finally decided on a scavenger hunt to find the treat bags, a few mystery flavored foods, and question mark decor. We had hoped to be moved into our new house in time for Claire's Birthday and Christmas but it didn't quite work out so Auntie Amy saved the day and let us host Claire's party at her house! 

The mystery Oreos turned out to be Fruity Pebble flavor and they were delicious.  

The girls decorated these ? picks from Hobby Lobby with sequins to make them look a little bit more festive and less like the gender reveal party they were intended for! 

Magnifying glasses were scattered about for decor and clue solving...

While we waited for all of the guests to arrive I had these party hats from Hobby Lobby and our favorite Mr. Sketch markers out..

Here is a list of all of our scavenger hunt clues... 

Clue #1 (toy truck in the playroom)

I wish you luck! Your first clue is hidden under a toy truck!

Clue #2 (the boys bedroom)

Work together and you can’t lose, go to the place where the boys snooze!

Clue #3 (TV room)

Go where you can watch shows, cartoons, and movies too, check right next to this for the clue I left you!

Clue #4 (Bathroom) 

You will need these lights to see, your next clue is hidden in the place where you go pee!

(There was a pile of blacklight pens for them to take with them to search for the next clue) 

(This clue was written in invisible ink, the children had to use the blacklight pens to read it)

Clue #5 (Lego Room)  

The next clue is tricky, its in a room that’s filled with toys used to build!

Clue #6 (Under the kitchen table, this clue was printed backwards and there was a box of spy glasses under the table so they could read the backwards clue) 

Your next clue will be a treat, look under where we sit to eat!

Clue #7 (Bethy's room)

A good nights sleep is best, look where Bethy takes her rest!

Clue #8 (Playroom book shelf)

This ones easy, just take a look, you will find your next clue next to a book!

Clue #9 (Kitchen soap dispenser) 

The hunts almost over, but no need to mope, the next clue is hidden under the kitchen soap!

Clue #10 (Fridge) 

Keeping food cold is important you see, this is the place where the milk may be!

Clue #11 (Claire had the clue in her pocket)

Brrrr… It was cold in there! Go sing Happy Birthday to Claire!

Clue #12 (A Key Lockbox)

Up from 8, Down from 9, Down from 9, Up from 3

Clue #13 (Under a couch cushion) 

The next clue is hidden where it’s comfy indeed; a place to relax, watch tv, or read!

Clue #14 (Pantry) 

The hunt is almost over, but before you relax, check the place where we store the snacks!

Clue #15 (Fireplace) 

Is that all the clues? Oh no its not! Try a place where it gets hot!

Clue #16 (Oven) 

This is your last clue! Go and look in the spot where we bake a lot!

Somehow I missed getting a picture of the treat bags but they were filled with tiny magnifying glasses, tattoos, mystery flavor Airheads, mystery flavor Push Pops, and mystery flavor Ring Pops (We bought any thing that was mystery flavor! haha). The kids also got to take home the blacklight pens and spyglasses! 

 Happy 7th Birthday CLo!! 

Kenley's 8th Birthday Pool Party

For Kenley's 8th birthday she requested a pool party at the Port Susan pool. We love going out to Port Susan and it made for a great low key party! The kids loved swimming and Kenley wrote all of her guests names on floaties with a sharpie that way each kid had their own floatie!

Happy 8th Birthday Kenley June!