Jesikah's Birthday Party

The day after Jesikah's birthday, we had her friend party. In our family, usually we let the kids do friend birthday parties on years they turn an even number and family parties on the odd years. Unfortunately, Jesikah has had several years when we have moved right before her birthday and one of those years was last year when she turned 10. We moved the week before her birthday, so she didn't have any friends to invite and we lived in a tiny apartment that couldn't even fit US. So, given the circumstances, we allowed her to postpone her friend party until this year...so she'll get a back-to-back. :)

Jesikah found a recipe for a beehive cake in the Family Fun magazine recently and decided on that one for her birthday. Here, I am finishing the frosting on the cake and cookies...

Jesikah and I working together to get the right color of yellow frosting to drizzle over the bees.

As we were beginning to plan her party, I happened to be looking on Americangirl.com and found this party game on clearance for $4 plus shipping!!! Jesikah did one of the American Girl games at another friend's party a few years ago and had a lot of fun, so we decided to go for it. This was a different American girl than her previous party. Molly lived in the 1940's during World War II. Each guest is assigned a different character from the books to dress-up as for the party. It was a lot of fun. The girls really got into their characters, even Tessa who played a boy.

The game had scripts (almost like a play) where each character read their parts and they act out the story. During certain parts of the game they had to go to different parts of the house or find clues which kept it interesting. The girls did a good job with their expressions making the game seem real! It was very fun! I was amazed how they just did it nearly all on their own and I was mostly a spectator. Now, to introduce the characters:

Jesikah as Molly

Tessa as Ricky (she got to be Molly's brother since we didn't want to give anyone else a boy part...she had fun with it though)

Raegan as Linda

Pramika as Alison

Liza as Susan

Isley as Emily

Divya as Mrs. Gilford

Brittany as Jill

They are figuring out Clue #3 in the game.

A picture of the whole group during the game

The finished beehive cake with bee cookies. The cake had ice cream in it. I must have let the cake sit out too long to thaw a bit, because the ice cream had partly soaked into the cake and it was a bit soggy, but still good.

Jesikah with her cake

Opening presents:

Her friend's must really know her...Lindor truffles and a gift certificate to Wendy's from Isley.

Strawberry body splash and yummy lip glosses from Raegan...again, her favorites. She has used it nearly every day and shared it with me as well.

Two books and a little porcelain tea set (one she had admired at their house) from Divya and Pramika...again, she loves to read and the tea set was something she had talked about a lot, but a total surprise.

From Liza, she got some cute pajamas and pens. She's been wanting more summer pajamas, and she loved the colored pens. Also in the picture, the cute little kitten with pet carrier from Brittany.

After the game, pizza, cake, and presents, we all watched the Molly: An American Girl movie. The movie tied it all together because it took stories from all the Molly books and put them into a movie which included all the characters the girls were in the play, so they got to see their characters in the movie.


Their comments about their characters were funny... they said things like, "Oooh, I'm a know-it-all" or "I think I'm perfect" of their characters. It was pretty cute. It was the perfect ending to a fun party. Jesikah even managed to arrange for a few of the girls to spend the night which turned out even more perfect for her. :)