Last year when Cora attended a friend's birthday party where they requested donations for our local foster-only animal rescue (Paws) instead of presents, she came home saying that she wanted to do the same thing at her next birthday party. A year later, she hadn't forgotten, and as we started to plan her party (last minute), she immediately reminded us that she wanted donations for kittens instead of presents. In that light, it was an easy jump for her to decide on a kitten-themed party. She picked the skate rink because she's really liked the last few events she's attended there (skate parties for the Girl Scouts, Southpark, and her brother's party back in March) and we told her she could invite as many kids as she wanted to (so she honestly invited everyone she knows that mama is also friends with on Facebook - too late to print invitations and send to school, so she was bummed to miss a few of her school friends whose parents I don't know).
Cora loves puns almost as much as James, so this shirt was a big hit!
We kept her party simple (again, last minute) with cupcakes, Girl Scout cookies (we're down to just 3 boxes left in the house now!), candy, pizza, and ice cream (I think the adults ate more ice cream than the kids, but then, who can resist Drumsticks and Magnum bars?!) For "goody bags", we provided cat ear headbands, LED bracelets/rings and glow sticks (the skating rink is kept pretty dark once the party starts, so glow items are extra fun), and kitten stickers.
When you have multiple favorite colors, you get multi-colored cupcakes. It made the boys happy :-)
Kitty cat birthday banner over Michelle and Lucas:
Singing to our birthday girl, held high like the queen she is by her daddy:
Miraculously, I think I got everyone in the group shot:
We didn't count the items, but she ended up with an impressive number of bags of cat food and litter, and a few monetary donations from friends that couldn't attend the party to bring to the Vicksburg-Warren Humane Society. While the skating was a lot of fun, it seemed that the visit to the shelter was the favorite for all the kids that came down with us to deliver the goods after the party. They had 3 times as many cats and kittens as when we were there 3 weeks ago to adopt Starfire and Claw'dia, including some black kittens, so we were lucky to make it out of there without any new furry family members (and we weren't the only ones!)
Starting with Cora and going counter-clockwise, our shelter adventurers were James, Coltin, Will, Adler, Lauren, Abrahm, Autumn, Sammy, Cara Beth, Asher, Hazel, Julia, and Emma
We even found Claw'dia's mama out back (remember I mentioned that she was set free to be a barn cat?) and the kids loved petting her and telling her that her baby is happy and growing.
(See her half tail? Just like Claw'dia, who also walks around with her tail held high in the air)
We've definitely had some fun parties over the years! Not sure we'll be able to top kittens though...
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