Liberty and Chrissa's Frozen Birthday Party

Hello, lovely readers!  We have had such a wonderful time with our cousins, I didn't want to take a break to post.  Marie-Grace, Jewel and Liberty left two days ago, sadly.

But Liberty and Chrissa's joint birthday was lots of fun!  Chrissa invited our cousins Victoria, McKenna, and Kit, while Liberty invited her friends Addy, Jubilee, and Sarah.

Since Chrissa's birthday, as you know, was May 14th and Liberty's birthday is June 11th, the two of them wanted to have a party while we were together.

All the guests were asked to come dressed as their favorite Frozen character.  When we had all assembled, proper introductions followed for those of us who didn't know each other.  We also tried to guess who was which character.

"Are you dressed as Elsa?" Georgia asked Jewel.

"Yes, I am.  Are you Anna?"

"Yes!  How did you guess?"

"Your two braids speak for themselves." Jewel replied.

I turned to Marie-Grace. "What character are you?"

"I'm just one of the ladies from the coronation scene." Marie explained.

"Really?" Victoria asked. "So am I!"

"Good to see you again, Kit!" Jubilee said.

"It's interesting to make your acquaintance at this gathering." Kit replied while raising her eyebrows and winking at her.  

"I like your nose, Kit." Chrissa commented.

"Thank you.  I made the whole costume myself in my sleep."

McKenna, who overheard, coughed.  

Kit grinned. "McKenna may have helped a little."  Then she leaned over to Chrissa and whispered, "Or maybe not at all."

"Uh, can Chrissa and I open presents now?" Liberty requested.

"That sounds fine to me." Chrissa agreed.

We all sat down to watch the birthday girls open their gifts.

"Please, open the gifts from us first, Chrissa." Marie-Grace said.

"Sounds good!"

"Frozen headphones?  Awesome!" Chrissa exclaimed.  "And what's this?"

"It's a game I made." Jewel said. "On each of the cards is a little story, and each player is dealt three cards.  The rest of the cards are left in a stack.  On your turn, you either draw a new card and discard one you don't want or you trade with another player.  The goal is to be the first player to have a coherent story."

"Cool!  Could we play it after we finish with the gifts?" Chrissa asked.

A chorus of "Sure!" and "That sounds fun!" came from the guests.

"Thank you, Gardeners!" Chrissa said.

"You're welcome." Marie-Grace, Jewel, and Liberty replied.

"Libby, will you please open the gift from us next?" Georgia offered.

"Okay!"

"Is this what I think it is?" Liberty said.

"If you think that it's an Olaf shirt, then you're right!" Chrissa said.

"Yay!  Now I can match you, Rissa!"

"Isn't it great? Elizabeth made it!" Chrissa replied.

"Thanks Edwards!" Liberty said.

"You're welcome." Georgia, Chrissa and I replied.

"Here - this is from Addy, Sarah and I." Jubilee said to my sister.

"What a fabulous snowman bucket!" Chrissa said happily.

"I know it's not Olaf, but -" Addy began.

"It's wonderful!" Chrissa assured her. "We can use it to vote for costume contest winner."

"There's a contest?!" Kit exclaimed. "Things just got way more interesting."

"Yea, I forgot to tell you." Chrissa said. "Okay, so for each character we will have a winner.  So there will be a winner in the Elsa category, the Olaf category, the Anna category, and so on.  Everyone gets to vote once in each category."

"When are we going to vote?" Sarah asked with her lovely British accent.

"After the game."

We all played Jewel's story game, and then had a snack of sandwiches and blizzard punch.  While we were eating the guests voted for the costume contest winners.  Then we all went outside to the photo both.

First we took a group picture.  From left to right: (back row) Jewel, me, Victoria, Liberty, Chrissa, Kit, Jubilee, (front row) Sarah, McKenna, Georgia, Addy, and Marie-Grace.

Do you see the baby that Addy is holding?  That's her new little sister, Emily.  She was sleeping most of the party.

Jewel, Sarah and I were dressed as Elsa.  I was "Colonial" Elsa and Sarah was "Modern" Elsa.  Jewel won (the winner is always in the center).

Victoria, Addy, and Marie-Grace were Coronation guests, Addy being the winner in this category.

Jubilee, Kit, and Chrissa were dressed as Olaf.  Kit won.

Georgia and McKenna were Anna, and Georgia came out victorious.

Since Liberty was the only one dressed as Sven, she won that character.

Here are the  "Polaroid" pictures from the photo both.

Sarah,

Me, Elizabeth,

Jewel,

Addy (and Emily!),

Marie-Grace,

Victoria,

Kit,

Chrissa,

Liberty,

Jubilee,

Georgia,

And finally, McKenna.

What is your favorite birthday party memory?

Happy Birthday to Yours Truly!

 Hi all! Yesterday was my birthday!

 "Happy Birthday, Chrissa!" my sisters greeted me.

"Happy Birthday, dear." Mom said.

 "Thanks!" I replied.

 "What gift do you want to open?" Georgia said.

"Actually, we're going to have breakfast first." Mom reminded her.

 Mom made blueberry muffins with the blueberries that we picked last month (I'm surprised we still had some left).

Afterwards, we returned to the kitchen.

"Here, open this one." Elizabeth suggested, handing me a wrapped gift.

"Okay!" I ripped though the paper. "Oh, these are really cute!"

Inside were a cute, magenta shirt and striped shorts.  I've noticed that if I get clothing for my birthday, I usually open it before I get dressed.

I got dressed, and asked Elizabeth to do my hair.  Both my sisters still had schoolwork, but thankfully Mom let me take the day off.  After lunch, the doorbell rang.

"Victoria? McKenna? Kit?" I heard Georgia ask. "What are you all doing here?"

"SURPRISE!!!" Kit yelled.

"Happy Birthday, Chrissa!" Victoria greeted me as I came downstairs.

"Yes, Happy Birthday." McKenna said.

"Thanks!" I said. "I'm so glad you came over.  I know it's a long drive here from your house."

"Oh, I burned our house down." Kit said nonchalantly.

"You did what?" Georgia looked alarmed.

"I burned it down, so we're moving in with you peeps."

"She's joking." McKenna assured us.

"I am not!  Look, I'll show you a picture on my new iPhone." Kit said, pulling out a iPhone 6.

"Where did that come from?" I questioned my unpredictable cousin.

"You're cute, Chrissa." she replied, standing on our couch and patting my head.

"You are ridiculous." I said, poking her.

Victoria turned to Elizabeth. "Did the package arrive in time?"

Elizabeth nodded. "That's why we weren't expecting you.  The gift is upstairs on the table."

"Let's go up to the kitchen so Chrissa can open the rest of her gifts." Georgia suggested.

We all crowded into the kitchen.

"Oo, I wonder what's in here." I opened a gift bag.  It was a jar of strawberry jelly!  "Thanks, Mom!"

"You're welcome, Chrissa."

Just then, the doorbell rang again. "I'll get it!" Georgia said.

She came back in, looking puzzled.  Georgia whispered something in Elizabeth's ear.

Elizabeth smiled. "I forgot we never introduced you to Holly."

But Holly wasn't the only one at the door.

Holly was followed by three other girls.

"Hello, Chrissa!  Oh!  Is today your birthday?" She spotted  the pile of gifts.

"Yes, it is."

"Oh, happy birthday then!  I just wanted to introduce you to my friends.  Are we interrupting?  We could come back later."

"No, I'd love for you all to join the party!" I said.

"Wonderful!  Now, let me do some introductions."

Gesturing to the taller girl behind her, Holly said "This is my roommate, Cerise - I think I told you about her already."

"I'm Apple." said the blond girl.  "I'm also one of Holly's roommates."

"And I'm Poppy." the third girl said, scratching the back of her head.

"She's my sister." Holly added.

"Everybody go around the circle and say you name." I said to my cousins and sisters.  "I'm Chrissa."

"I'm Georgia." my sister said.

"I'm Elizabeth."

"I'm Victoria."

"I am the fabulous Kit-doodles."

"And I'm McKenna."

"Wow! I didn't know you had so many sisters!" Holly said.

"Actually, Victoria, McKenna and Kit are our cousins." Georgia explained.

"Oh, that makes more sense."

"Let's go back into the living room." Elizabeth said. "There are more places to sit."

McKenna and Elizabeth sat on chairs they brought in from the kitchen.  Kit, Georgia and I sat on the couch.  Holly, Apple and Poppy sat on the coffee table, and Victoria and Cerise stood against the wall.

"Hmm, which one should I open?" I said.

"Open the gift from us!" Kit insisted. "It's the one with the purple balloon."

"How nice of you to remember that purple is my fave color." I said as I opened the gift.

"If I had know it was your birthday I would have brought you a gift." Holly said thoughtfully.

"That's totally fine."  I assured her. "Don't worry about it!"

"Do you like the socks?" Kit asked.  They had given me two pairs - one rainbow, and one that looks like soccer balls.

"Yea, they're really fun!  Thanks cousins!"

"You're welcome."

"Here, open this one from me next." Georgia said, handing me a wrapped box.

I tore the paper off to reveal a pair of green sandals. "Thanks, Georgia."

"You're welcome!  I think they match the outfit you're wearing right now."

"Select your next victim." Kit said.

"That's rather morbid, Kit." Victoria said.

"I'll open this one next." I picked up a tissue paper wrapped present.

"Oo, a snow globe from New Orleans!"

"Do you like it?" Mom asked. "Dad got that for you when he was there."

"It's really fun!  Thanks, Mom and Dad."

"You're welcome."

"I know you'll love this one." Elizabeth said.

"An OLAF dress!?" I squealed.  "This is AWESOME!!"

"Mother bought the fabric, and I made it." Elizabeth said.

"Thank you so much!  I just LOVE it!!"

In the little gold box was a cute puppy necklace from my Nana, and in the last big box was a fun rainbow blanket.

Here you can see the shoes from Georgia, the globe from New Orleans, the socks from my cousins, the amaze Olaf dress, and the rainbow blanket under it.

"Let's all sing happy birthday!" Holly said.

Georgia looked at Elizabeth.  "Are you ready?"

My eldest sister nodded. "Chrissa, we decided that we wanted to do something different and re-wrote the classic 'Happy Birthday' song just for you."

Georgia pulled out her violin. "We'll teach all of you the words so you can sing along.  It goes like this:

Happy Birthday, Chrissa,

You know we all love ya

We enjoy your sense of humor,

Happy Birthday forever!"

All my friends sang along.

Who do you like to spend your birthday with?

P.S. Can you believe this is our 200th post?