Happy 12th Birthday!

My sweet little Dakota is now 12 and reminding me that she is not little anymore.  I can't believe that she is 12 already.  The girls get birthday parties with their friends on certain birthdays and the 12th birthday is one of them so Dakota had been planning this party for years.  I must say that she did a great job and she and all her friends had a good time.


These were a great group of kids.



She had a lot of games planned to start with.  I did my best to stay out of the way except for taking pictures and just let her take charge of the party.



The first game was making mummies.  There were two teams who wrapped their mummies in toilet paper and the first team to use all the paper won.



This girl was a great sport and really looked like a mummy.



After the mummy game there was an impromptu TP fight.  This was enjoyed by all.



Next they played a game Dakota named, "Vampire Victim".



Dakota's favorite game "pin the tail on the donkey" with a twist.




It was "stick the spider on the Witch". 
Better luck next time Dakota.



After the witch game they had a costume contest where they modeled their costumes for the judges (me and Lizzie) for an awards ceremony later.



After the costume contest it was time to get them all hyped up on sugar.  They emptied the candy bowl very quickly.



While the results of the costume contest were being tallied the kids took a break and ate pizza while watching "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

 After the movie they went outside and had the award ceremony for the costume contest which was a lot of fun because the kids really got into it.  After that it was cake and presents and then most of the kids went home.



Her best friends stayed for a sleepover to keep the party going all night long.



Although I wasn't too sure how I was going to handle so many pre-teens running around the house for so long, it actually went really well.  The kids were great and Dakota was having so much fun.  Happy birthday to my sweet, crazy, always fun Dakota.