birthday party for clare

This year for her birthday, Clare wanted to take a small group of friends bowling. The kids had minimum days all week before thanksgiving for parent teacher conferences so on Friday afternoon I picked up the girls from school and went to the bowling alley.

We had Lauren Davis, Hallie Law, Elise Stiriz, Charlotte Dodds, Annika Henry and Alexey and JoJo. .We had a great time!

 clare and charlotte

 Jo used this ramp for bowling. After a couple of frames the big girls noticed that Jo was winning!  So many of them also decided to give the ramp a try!

 It was fun to watch the faces in either elation or disappointment as they walked back to their seat. Clare posed for this one.

 These girls love the silly pose!

After bowling we went to the park. We sang, opened presents and the girls played. They had an hour and a half there. At first they were telling me they were bored but they got used to having free time and had a great afternoon. It was fun celebrating Clare.

Clare chose to have carmelitas instead of birthday cake. They were a big hit. Those 6 girls could have eaten the entire pan!

 Adorable