Heather's 14th Birthday!

Today is Heather's 14th Birthday!  Hooray!  Here comes high school, seminary, and dances...oh my!  Are we ready?  I guess we'll have to be.  But there is time for all that later.  Today, we celebrate.  Here is how Heather's party went...

Welcome to the land of Fourteenia!  Heather wanted a magical, Narnia-like party, and this was the name of the land we came up with.  Guests were summoned via invitation to join her in defeating the monster plaguing Fourteenia, and all entered through the portal in our entry way (thank you Hobby Lobby for having all of your vines and garland 50% off!).

Miss Heather requested a dragon cake and after looking at many professional cakes on line, she understood that mom could construct a much simpler one.  She was happy with that, and even though the tail melted, Heather was thrilled.  I was sad that the hump separated and melted a bit, but everyone thought it the two humps were the dragon's wings, so all was well in cake land.

We put the sodas in flasks and purchased Hot Tamales for the party gifts.  They fit perfectly with the fire breathing monster motif...Great idea Aunt Michelle!  

Here you see the monster (Dad) atop the fort lobbing water bombs at the girls while they chucked their own bombs back.  He was a little worried that these girls were much stronger and more accurate than they were in Kindergarten, but no one was seriously injured, and the goal of defeating the monster was accomplished!

Next was lunch and some needed drying off time...

then presents...

and then cake.  We put the fire in our dragon's snout, and it looked pretty cool!

The last activity was a game of "Crazy Hot Potato" that I found on the internet.  While the girls passed around a "potato," music played and stopped in the background.  If the music stopped and you had the potato, you had to reach into the bag and pull out an item of clothing or an accessory to put on.  When all the items had been drawn, the game was over.  The winner was the girl with no additional clothing or accessories, and we had one girl who made it!  These girls were good sports.  They are on the cusp of being "cool" teens, but they still let their sillies come out long enough to go along with the game.  Heather has some great friends, and it was really special for her to be able to spend her birthday with them.

At dinner time Heather chose Chick-Fil-A for her birthday dinner.  We had a scrumptious chicken dinner and then headed over to Best Buy.  Heather had been saving her money for an iPad Mini, and her birthday gifts were mostly cash and gift cards allowing her to meet her goal.  She is the proud owner of an iPad Mini!  Happy Birthday Heather!