Just after arriving, Nana brought in the first gift, a scooter Jocelyn had been asking for...I think it had the desired effect!
Jocelyn asked for face painting at her party so she could look like Hello Kitty. The person we hired also did some magic tricks before starting on her works of art...
...and had all the kids enthralled while she asked them to help her pull a rabbit from her hat.
They seemed a little skeptical at first, but then were very excited to have a little bunny to pet!
And then even more surprised when a dove came out of the same hat!
When the face painting began, the Half Birthday Girl was first in line of course...
...and loved how it came out!
In fact, all the young ladies loved how their face painting turned out. Jocelyn's friends Alex and Grace were painted like princesses...
...and cousin Poppy got some cool ladybugs...
...and even Momma got some pretty flowers at Jocelyn's request.
Jocelyn asked me to get my face painted too, but the face painter explained that I would need to shave first. So I escaped by a whisker, so to speak. Jocelyn was a little disappointed, but I think I redeemed myself when the cake (a Hello Kitty ice cream cake) came out.
I don't think I've ever seen someone so happy to see her birthday cake.
She started blowing out the candles before we were even done singing "Happy Birthday" because she wanted to dig in.
And dig in she did!
Momma searched high and low for Hello Kitty candles and decorations to put on the cake, and I think Jocelyn loved the result! Happy Half Birthday Peanut!
