Happy Birthday Cami!

Today is Cami's birthday and it started with yummy buttermilk pancakes with strawberry syrup (Cami's favorites). Then we watched her open her gifts and then headed to her soccer game! Wow, what a morning.

Later that day, we had a party! 7 of Cami's friends came over for a doggie themed party. We started by having the girls decorate their own "doggie bags" or goodie bags. We had dog stickers, markers, glue, foamies, and other misc. craft stuff for them to decorate their bags. When they were finished, they all got a treat for doing a good job! Next was games. First I had them find some dog treats (Scooby snacks in baggies) that were hidden around the house. I had hidden them at doggie level, so they had to look for them on their hands and knees. The next game was "Dog Trainer Says" like Simon Says, but you give dog commands. Then we went outside for a fun round of Doggie Chase Your Tail where the girls line up and hold on to eachother and the first in line is the "head" and the last in line is the "tail" and has a sock in her back pocket. The front of the line chases the back of the line, or "chases its tail". The girls had a lot of fun doing that. Then we had a drink break, then back outside for Red Rover and a round of the traditional Kick the Can!

Finally back inside for CAKE! I'm no baker, but we came up with a very cute idea and it turned out ok. We made the cake to look like a doggie bowl filled with food. The cake is 4 layers of yellow cake with centers cut out of the top two layers. I frosted then decorated, then filled the bowl with food (in this case it was Hersheys chocolate chip Kiss cookies). It was a hit!

At the end of the party, Cami let every girl choose her own doggie w/puppy to take home and we went outside to play more while waiting for parents to come. It was a great party and the girls had a lot of fun. Hey, I can plan these in my sleep now that i'm a den mother. This was a "piece of Cake"!

Oh, and here's Will waiting for cake....