Elyse's Build-a-Bear Party

For Elyse's birthday we decided to have a Build-a-Bear Party. We thought this would be easy- no decorations to buy, function room to book, and only a cake to bake. It did turn out to be very easy and fun, but the one thing I had to do, bake the cake, did not turn out so well. I wasn't thinking and put the cake on the car hood and went to buckle A in her car seat when there was a huge crash. This is what happened to the cake:

Luckily the mall we were going to had a bakery open and Toby went to get another cake.

When the guests arrived the "party host" got them in a circle to play a game.

The game was rock/paper/scissors. In the picture the kids are doing "scissors." They were divided into 2 teams and then played against each other. They had fun. Look at Elyse's face in this picture.

After the game, they formed a train and "chugged" around the store to the different stations.

After they picked out their bear, or cat, or monkey, or dog (Elyse picked a bear)... the "chugged" to the next station.

They got to pick out the animal's heart. With the hearts they made wishes on it and put it in their animal. each kid also got a second heart that they put birthday wishes on to give to Elyse. Elyse's bear has 10 hearts inside it. At this point they also named their animal. Elyse called hers Snow and gave the name Toto to Anastasia's bear.

After the naming and the placing of the heart, it was time to stuff...

Stitch...

and "wash"...

Finally it was time to pick out the outfit. Don't they all look great!? (Anastasia and Miriam wouldn't stay still long enough to be in the picture)

Cake time!

After cake, Elyse gave out all the animals and in return she got hugs and kisses.

This is what Anastasia was doing while this was going on (she loved hanging out with Justin and Glenton):