She had the first part of her birthday party at a place called "The French Quarter." This is a little shop in town that actually has a "Webkinz Room" where the parties are held. Webkinz are a big deal here in this household, as well as with all of her friends. It couldn't have been better. What made it really nice was that the prices were reasonable as well. You can't beat that. There were quite a few games as well as prizes and the girls really seemed to enjoy themselves.

The first game that they played was "Guess the number of Gummy Worms." Oh, how they struggled Oh, how they tried to cheat by looking at their neighbor's paper. It was hysterical really. They put so much thought in it. You would have thought they were trying to decide between the Kit-Kat bars or Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. Either that or who to pick for President. Thankfully, they all seemed anti-Clinton so I didn't have to kill them.

Next up came a game of "Home After Dark." What you see in the picture (for those of you not exposed to Webkinz-bless you) are Lil' Kinz. The "Party Lady" had a duffel bag full of them. She would pull them out one by one, waiting for the kids to shout out the name. After they were all out, she reversed it, and put them back in the bag, one by one, asking for the name. She then carried the duffel bag to the corner of the room, and passed out slips of paper, and then asked the kids to name them all. What a blast they had with that.

The girls were really raring to go after that, and even the older girls seemed to be getting into the groove (am I dating myself using that word?) of things. What could follow that but a rousing game of "Tape the Tail on the Pig." The "Party Lady" would spin each of the girls around 5 times, and then let them try to "pin" the tail on the pigs ass rump. It was at this point that I had to assure my husband, who had been sitting there "demurely" (oxymoron) that the Rum and Cokes had not been given to the children before the party. Those were being held until after we got home.

After the pig had been poked, we moved on to what is known as "The Wishing Well." Think Las Vegas. Think Slot Machines. This game is something like that. Each child was dealt a certain number of cards, and the object was to match them where you could. The more you matched, the higher the points. I think in this case, you really need to be familiar with the whole Webkinz community to realize what this whole game is about. Thankfully, all of the girls are experts (former drips under pressure?) so there was no problem.

No birthday party is complete without the cupcakes baby! And the cupcakes we did have. I'm not completely sure, but I believe the girls enjoyed the icing the most. After the cupcakes, we still had a little time yet, so we played yet another game of "Home After Dark." With a different take. This time, "The Party Lady" brought out the Lil' Kinz one by one, and put them back. The twist was? They had to name the ones that were missing.

All in all, it was a wonderful party that surprisingly enough was enjoyed by the younger kids as well as the old. Since this post is similar to a novelette in length, I'll stop it now and in the next day or so, will move on to the part at home.

Which I am just now recovering from.