Kaitlyn LOVED planning this party. Which is good, because there was no source of ideas on the internet for a Studio C themed party. She watches skits on youtube constantly, and loves to re-enact them and wear her Studio C shirt. She debated for a second about an American Girl doll party, but she had a couple of boys she wanted to invite, so she settled on this. And then she found a notebook, and made list after list about what we needed to have for this party.
First, decorations. There is a skit where a man comes home to see that his wife has decorated for every holiday at once to test if he knows what they are celebrating. So, we decorated with everything.
Next, we needed some food. "Bisque" soup is a running gag, so we had sweet potato soup and called it a bisque. We also had fruit with eyes that might eat you.
Kaitlyn told me that the one with 8 tiny eyes is a spider.
After snacks, we colored some pictures. The pictures were actually clues to guess which skit it was referring to. Only half of the group participated in this one. Many of them seemed intimidated by not having every skit memorized like Kaitlyn and a couple of the others. But they actually all liked just having something to color. (There is a crayon skit, too.)
If anyone tries to recreate this later, the answers are: shoulder angel and devil, baby Spencer, lady Shadow, the diving competition skit, Scott Sterling, awkward avoidance viking, bisque soup, poker game, crayon song is ruined, the game of HORSE skit, batman (he's in a few), feelings board, worst Kindergarten teacher ever, and couchville. I just googled coloring pages.
After guessing those, we played pin the mustache on Jeremy.
And then tried to knock down ducks, since there is a skit about that, too.
And then, it was time for the main event. I wrote out two skit prompts and we detailed out 14 characters (in case everyone showed up) to be in those skits. We divided up, decided what would happen in each skit, and then acted them out for each other.
I put them on youtube, if anyone is curious. https://youtu.be/Xoxuo8N_5JQ and https://youtu.be/02dXbcuwBYg . Neither of them quite went as planned, but that's okay! I think they all had fun.
On to presents and cake.
Since there aren't many Studio C themed cakes out there, we made cupcakes with little circle scenes on them (those were a hit) and Kaitlyn got a big cake with a C on it.
If anyone reading this ever wants to do a Studio C themed party and wants copies of what I created, please email me. It took a ridiculous amount of time to make all of the pictures and skits and everything, so I would love for them to be used more than once. It was worth it anyway, because Kaitlyn was in heaven.
That night, we went to Pizza Pie Cafe at Kaitlyn's request. Also at her request, Jasmine and Kaitlyn both brought their dolls along.
Oh, and we went ice skating that week, too!
Birthday snapshot:
* She is the sweetest girl in the world. I went on a late night errand as she was going to bed the other night, and when I came home, I found the cutest note by my pillow.
She often leaves me adorable notes like this. In cursive, since she has been learning it at school and loves her new handwriting so much. I love having such a peacemaker in my home.
*A couple of weeks ago, we went to the thrift store to find more pants and leggings for her, since she finally grew too tall for the size 6 ones she has been wearing. When we glanced through the shoes, she found a pair of Heelys, the shoes with a roller in the back of them. She has been wanting a pair for so long that they flew into our cart (thank you, 50% off day at the thrift store, for making them $3). She almost never takes them off now. She can't wear them to school, so she puts them on in the morning to wear as she gets ready, switches shoes to go to school, and then puts them on again the instant she gets home. She is pretty lucky that we just recently made the entire first floor of our house a solid surface for her to skate around on.
* She adores every stuffed animal or doll that comes into her life. In fact, she has created so many little spots for each of them on her bed that she sleeps in the bottom corner, curled up in a ball.
I've tried to help her narrow things down in the past, but learned the hard way that she loves them all too much. All I can do is give her storage options, like the cabinet I got at IKEA for her wall.
*She is still my social bug. She and Lily are constantly back and forth between our houses, and we are slowly adding playdates with friends from school.
*For her birthday, I got her a bunch of little things from American Girl. A purse for her and a matching one for her doll, a school kit, and a bunch of homemade clothes.
The shirts above are made from newborn onesies, and the sleeper I just adjusted from when she and Jasmine wore it as babies themselves.
Her favorite might actually be the little book I found on their clearance sale. The book is called "Is This Normal?", and it goes through all sorts of growing up concepts in question and answer style. I love it, and Kaitlyn has read it multiple times. She is constantly asking me more and more detailed questions about everything in there, which is just perfect.
*She loves learning new things, and watching Studio C, and snuggling with anything soft and comfy!
