Josie and Ellie's Fairy Birthday Party

The Morrison household was filled with all things fairy this weekend as we finally hosted Josie and Ellie's birthday party!

We planned, baked, decorated and looked forward to the arrival of all our special guests for hours.

Mommy had a little incident with the cupcakes when the "fan bake" setting on her oven proved too powerful and they all emerged lopsided having had their tops blown off. Who knew? Thankfully neither the honorees nor the guests were too put off by the funky appearance of dessert.

Josie and Ellie headed to the dress-up box about an hour before the party was to start and emerged looking absolutely fairy-tastic!

Soon all the guests began to arrive - along with the most special guest of all - Fairy Trina!!

Fairy Trina was a gem - she immediately had the birthday girls join her and be, as Ellie says, "in charge". (Today, two days later, Ellie is still reminiscing the glory day of being "in charge", she told me she wished Fairy Trina would come every day so that she (Ellie) could always be in charge. Watch out world, we will be unleashing a powerhouse in a few more years!)

Fairy Trina told amazing stories, passed out fairy dust for the granting of wishes and organized some fun games. All were enchanted.

Pass the parcel was definitely the favorite. . .
But Musical Statues was a close second. I loved watching all the dancing, those little fairies have some moves!

After all that fun it was time for a quieter activity so Fairy Trina painted faces - and first up were the birthday girls:

Josie and Ruthie

Isabel, Anna and Josie

Brooklyn and Josie

I should say at this point that after she got her face painted and was no longer "in charge" Ellie disappeared. I found her later, once I realized she wasn't with the rest of us, quietly playing on her bed with all her new presents.

Meggie and Katie were great helpers at the party. Meggie wrote down what everyone gave the girls, they both served the drinks at the table and passed the food around, they cleared the dishes when the girls were done eating and they made sure that everyone felt welcomed and comfortable, I was very proud of them and thankful for their help. The birthday girls themselves were also gracious hostesses, except maybe for the part where Ellie disappeared, but all in all it was a roaring success.

We ended the party with cupcakes and other fairy food. We are so grateful that in the short time we've been here in New Zealand we've been blessed with such fabulous friends that celebrate our special occasions with us, we love you all!