the magic of girls....

i love having a daughter in between my two boys

she makes me remember the magic of being a girl

the specialness that is part of who we are as little girls with dreams bigger than life

yesterday marked the end of the school year

so morgan and i decided to have a small but magical end of the year party

a party to celebrate the end of fourth grade

the guest list:

her best girlfriends

a small group of girls that i love having over

we tossed around a few ideas on how to celebrate...

and last minute...we decided to have an outdoor picnic in the grass

it was the simplest idea...

easy set up and easy maintenance

the girls made their own homemade pizzas for dinner

one pepporoni and one cheese

{i get my pizza dough at trader joes and it's the best i've found}

we also had a summer salad with strawberry dressing and crusty french bread

from the moment morgan's guests arrived...they were silly

and the entire night was their show

they behaved exactly how i did at my slumber parties when i was ten

i somehow turned into their waitress {that never got a tip from them} for the whole night...
i was running strawberry lemonade and panna water back and forth for these girls
i should have hired a real waiter or maybe even paid the boys to serve them...
maybe next time...
we set up our quilts and pillows right in the front yard...
right under our big ficus tree
we also brought out some trays and vases of flowers to pretty things up



they spent the lot of the night outside under the big tree
i love that they only came in for 'tinkle time' as they put it...



after dinner...they played all sorts of silly games that i played when i was their age...
they talked about boys and i was glad to hear that for the most part...boys are still gross...but that doesn't stop these girls from thinking that gross boys are still cute...
confusing, i know
they played statue and truth or dare which actually just turned into dare...
do you remember playing that?
i think it would be more fun to play as an adult...





i am so glad that morgan has this group of girlfriends
i hope she has them with her forever...
they already have their own very distinct personalities...




they danced in the front yard until about 9 underneath the big tree...
mr c and i hung tea lights in mini ball jars for the girls...
it was the perfect amount of twinkle for the night
the perfect amount of magic...

i learned last night that morgan thinks jake d is cute and nice...

and some boy named trevor b is not...

and one of the fourth grade girls has already kissed a boy!...

really....in the fourth grade

we finished off the night with chocolate cake...movies and snacks...

it is amazing how much food these girls can eat
when i left them and went to bed around midnight...they were playing rounds of MASH...do you remember that game?....

i used to play it with my sister and my girlfriends...

somethings just don't change...

when they woke up {too early on the first day of summer break} we had chocolate croissants and berries with orange juice spiked with pellegrino water...

it gives the oj just enough bubbly and zip...you should try it...you'll love it too..

after her girlfriends were all picked up and dropped off...

i told morgan that we should have more parties this summer just because...

because isn't being a girl enough to celebrate...