Our daughter's birthday was one of the most memorable this year. She chose to not have your typical party. She's not a fan of going places - like the bouncy, pizza scheduled, structured places. She likes it loose. But this year, after the success of her lemonade stands, she wanted to have a party that would help others.
She allowed me to invite business associates, WEO members, neighbors, girl scouts and her closest friends to her party. We made blankets -- all day. We had three sewing machines set up, a bunch of people with scissors and piles of fabric. Savannah's biggest concern was that there would still be cake. She's so much my daughter. We cleaned the platter of a 1/2 sheet cake by dinner time.
New Season's Market gave us a discount on our food, we had a generous donation from Matraex, LLC in Boise Idaho. Their donation paid for the fabric, food and other supplies to make the event a success.
It was a huge a huge success. The girls and adults all had a lot of fun, we made 50 blankets to donate to local area shelters, two people learned to sew on the machine, our daughter made her first solo binky for Binky Patrol and the cake was great!
This was the lowest stress birthday party we've ever had. She actually enjoyed not receiving a bunch of gifts. She loved the cards and photos from the day. She was very proud of herself learning to sew on the machine on her own. I was proud of her choice for the day and had a lot of fun watching her laugh with friends.
The kids all headed outside after cake to be kids. They were armed with rakes, leaf piles and the hose. They had a blast running all around both yards. I enjoyed hearing them in the distance while I peacefully visited with friends and neighbors who cared enough about Savannah and the children we were donating the binkies to come and spend the day with us.
What a sweetie pie that little one is! Such a giving heart! It all sounds like it was a perfect day! Love to you all...
Posted by: Michelle | October 14, 2009 at 09:26 AM