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A Hawaiian Birthday Celebration

12/1/2009

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 As I told you in the last post, Girl's b-day celebration was delayed by a month due to the postal system.  I ordered things for her party well in advance, but something happened and after 3 weeks her party goods still were not here, so we had to postpone.  (Just FYI, Oriental Trading Company was fantastic and shipped out a new box free of charge, and it arrived within 5 days.  The next day, the old box arrived, CRUSHED on one end.)  In the end everything worked out and she had a fantastic party!

Girl had already decided the theme of her 8th birthday party BEFORE she even had her 7th birthday party, so here we go….Hawaii in November!
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The cake....seriously easy to make & FUN!
The guests were all presented with a lei upon arrival.
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After receiving their lei's, all were required to make grass skirts for this festive event. 
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We even got big brother in on the action!
They also made beautiful tropical flowers....
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The pineapple cups were a HUGE hit!
 Here is the birthday girl sporting her lei and grass skirt in the feeding area.  Her menu was teriyaki chicken, Hawaiian pizza, goldfish, Hawaiian punch, pineapple on a stick & of course a little Hawaiian chocolate....
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Hawaiian dancing....
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Instead of 'hot potato' we played 'hot coconut'!
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After making skirts, flowers and eating & playing 'hot coconut' it was time to head outside for more fun!  We had a LIMBO contest, a hula hoop contest and a relay race while dressed in Hawaiian clothes.  The kids had to do these games in 37 degree weather... 
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Birthday girl with her pants down....
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After freezing outside we headed back in for a bubble gum blowing contest!  (They had to find the bubble gum in the pie first!)
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Some had more fun than others...
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And here is our winner!
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Piñata time!  We had to have 2 piñatas since there were so many kids!
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Once we finished with the piñatas, we headed back inside to warm up and to have a little  cake and ice-cream!
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And then our time was up.  We played hard for 3 short hours and did not finish all the activities we had planned, but mom was pooped and sent the kids packing!  Girl had a GREAT party!
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Oh but wait!  It didn't end there.  Girl invited 5 of her closest friends to sleep over!  She opend gifts, we went to the movies...
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They giggled, laughed, talked and played till I finally made them all be quiet and go to sleep! ;-)
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The next morning we had Girl's favorite pancakes for breakfast, then I kicked them all out and I took a nap!
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Oh, and by the way, they ate all but 3 of those pancakes!
8 Comments
Michiyo
12/1/2009 10:51:39 am

Oh my gosh! You have done soooooo many things in Korea while I haven't checked your blog. Amazing!

Sabrina was talking about Lilly's BD last month. Yes, she still remembers her BD day.
American girl is what Sabrina wants for a Christmas present. We were shocked how expensive it is!!!
You are such a nice mom!!! I wish I was your kid.



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Staci
12/1/2009 12:04:30 pm

That cake is awesome!! Looks like a great time. Can't wait to see what happens for the next party!! Oh, and I have my eye on that punch bowl.... where did you get that???

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Trish
12/1/2009 12:11:42 pm

Michiyo!! It is SO good to hear from you! I think of you often. Hope all is going well for you guys are you are loving your 'mansion' as John called it.

Oh, and by the way, I DID NOT buy the American Girl doll for Girl, her Grandma bought it!

Staci - the bowl is from Thailand....sorry, but that is one thing you cannot have. ;-)

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Gram
12/1/2009 10:27:24 pm

What a fun mom you are, how do you come up with all these great ideas? Luv the boys haircuts, they look so cute! It makes me tired just reading about all the b-day activities. Does girl have the theme picked out for b-day #9 yet?

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neetu link
12/8/2009 04:19:48 am

wow happy late bday 2 her .that looks soooo much fun .the best bday party ever.she looks beautifull

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neetu link
12/8/2009 04:40:34 am

omg i sooo love ur blog .keep it coming

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jenny link
12/9/2009 04:08:51 am

hey love your blog.and your kids are the cutest .i think you should take your kids her they will have alots of fun

http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264212


http://www.morningcalm.co.kr/

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Trish
12/10/2009 05:38:37 pm

Neetu & Jenny,

Thanks for the comments. Neetu, where are you living now?

Jenny, thanks for the information. I think we will try to get there before we leave Korea (in April).

Thanks for the great compliments on the blog!

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