Princesses

Two more birthday parties today for the girls :) They were both very lovely. The first was a fairy tale party, though I had forgotten this (hard to keep on top of things when you've got five parties to go to in one weekend...). Poor Ophelia's face crumpled when she walked in and saw all her princess friends when she had a 'normal' dress on. I nipped home and brought back the girls' 'Frozen' dresses. Grace has 'Elsa' and Ophelia became 'Anna'. Happiness restored. Amazing the difference it seems to make at a party of virtually all girls compared to one that is half or more boys to girls. It could also have helped that the birthday girl's mum is a teacher and an incredibly organised person. The party was calm, quiet and relaxing. Those are not words usually associated with kids' parties are they?!
Anyway, we had to leave a little before the end to drive to party #2 at a soft play centre. More lively and noisy, but loads of fun, lovely atmosphere and actually quite relaxing for the parents as not too many little ones there, and the children all played together so nicely. The princesses had a quick costume change and then a good jump around for a couple of hours.
And so ends a hectic but very enjoyable weekend!