Party!

I can't believe my girl will be 9 years old next Thursday......WOW!

We spend from February-June having a party every month....

This month....it's Sophie Girl!

So last night she had her DREAM party.....only problem.....she could only invite a few friends.  She had soooooo many she wanted to invite.  BUT we had to keep it small.  So she invited a few of her non-homeschooled buddies.....in a few weeks she's going to have a few of her homeschool girlfriends over to celebrate.  Since they don't know each other we decided it would work better to keep it separate!

We loaded up the van headed to the Embassy Suites in Raleigh last night with a few of her buddies.  One friend had to meet us there because she had dance.  We checked in and the girls checked out the hotel.  They played "teenagers".  It was cute!

All smiles!

Sweet Girls!

I'm surprised they didn't kick us out of the hotel!

They were very excited!

Then we went across the street to Crabtree Valley Mall and had dinner at the food court.  3 girls had McDonald's and 2 girls had Subway.  YUMMY!

I let them look in a few  stores and each pick out a party favor at Claire's.  They LOVED that!

Then we headed back to the hotel.  They went swimming for almost 2 hours.  It was almost 10:00 when we got back to the room. 

They were ready to go to the pool!

and they also enjoyed the hot tub

Silly Girls!

They were HUNGRY.  So we chowed on some cake.....and soda......and chips......

Sophie opened her gifts....she liked all of them of course :)  and then we played a new version of Spin the Bottle.  GASP....But don't freak out.....it was just to see what color nail polish to paint each fingernail!  They loved it!  Their nails looked very cute!

After their nails were done they did a fashion show.....

Then it was supposed to be bedtime....

But they talked, and talked, and giggled, and talked, and giggled, and talked!

This is one sleepy Mama!

I'm thankful though that she has such a special group of friends.