{"id":2519,"date":"2009-10-06T08:07:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T14:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2009-10-06T08:07:10","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T14:07:10","slug":"our-hawaiian-retreat-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=2519","title":{"rendered":"Our Hawaiian retreat party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie&#8217;s birthday was Saturday, and we threw another fantastic (meaning loud) party for her and her 10 and 11 year old friends.  And I need to remember who NOT to invite next year (the loud one). OK, I&#8217;ll get over that.  She originally asked for a sleepover, but that idea got nixxed, especially when we realized that she had a volleyball game at 8 am the next morning.  But we did do a Luau, and I think it turned out very well.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7527.sized.jpg\" height=400 width=500\"alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nWe started out with a craft, which is always a nice activity to do while waiting for everyone to get there.  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7522.sized.jpg\" height=300 width=400\"alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThen we did some limboing.  Because it&#8217;s fun to limbo.  We might just have to incorporate the limbo into every party now.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7530.sized.jpg\" height=300 width=400\"alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAnd then there was food.  There must always be food at a party, right.  We went with the real authentic Hawaiian food.  Pizza. <strong> Hawaiian<\/strong> pizza.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7536.sized.jpg\" height=300 width=400\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAnd that pizza disappeared in about 3 seconds flat.<\/p>\n<p>Next we experienced the &#8220;spa&#8221; part of the party.  Each of the girls got a little facial.  We put on a nice mask and gave them some cucumber slices.  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7539.thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAnd then they all found a place to lay down and relax.  I would have to say that this was the best part of the party.  Even though they did not stop talking, they did stop moving.  At least for a little while.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7550.sized.jpg\"height=300 width=400\" alt=\"\" \/>  After they were all exfoliated and refreshed and cleaned off, we played the fun little &#8220;truth or dare game&#8221; that we played last year.  It&#8217;s such fun, they don&#8217;t even mind that they have already played it before.  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7562.sized.jpg\" height=300 width=400\"alt=\"\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7572.sized.jpg\"height=400 width=300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Soon it was time for presents, always fun at a birthday party, and CAKE.  I must once again thank my fabulous sister-in-law.  Even though she had a super busy weekend, she managed to decorate AND deliver this cake (delivery was a BIG problem, because almost all the roads leading to our house just happened to be closed on Friday.  I don&#8217;t know when this construction is going to be done, but it&#8217;s been a huge pain!) and we totally appreciate her.  Go, Julene!<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7575.sized.jpg\" height=300 width=400\"alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/albums\/2009-10-04\/img_7578.sized.jpg\"height=400 width=300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the cake and ice cream, we had just enough time to gather up the treat bags and the crafts and paint some fingernails before the parents came.  <\/p>\n<p>*Whew*   It was a FUN party, but most of all, it was a happy night for our sweet Natalie.  Happy Birthday, Natalie, and may 11 be a wonderful year for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie&#8217;s birthday was Saturday, and we threw another fantastic (meaning loud) party for her and her 10 and 11 year old friends. And I need to remember who NOT to invite next year (the loud one). OK, I&#8217;ll get over that. 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