Grace and Juliet 11th Birthday!

This year Juliet referred to 'her' birthday more than year's past, but aside from that, we had a typical build up to their birthday!

Grace painted some 'unicorn' rocks to pass out as favors.

They agreed on passing out 'dirt cups' for class treat on their birthday, for a second year in a row!

The worms crawling out of the 'dirt.' lol

One final picture as 10 year olds!!!  They started short, for Aunt Rocky's benefit, but then showed just how tall they actually are!

After the twins were in bed, Emily helped me make a bubble solution that I found online.  Alice came out and asked why I would make bubbles for them, then proceeded to be entranced by said bubbles for 10 minutes! lol.

The next morning, so incredibly early, the twins were also entranced by the bubbles, and excited to celebrate their birthday before Alice left for school at 6:40!!

Their birthday fell on a Wednesday, so they were dressed in matching shirts for talent show practice.

Grace gave Juliet a magnetic heart necklace as a gift, and they wore them the following day!

We managed to land a party date really close to their birthday, at FunCity!  As I hung the unicorn banner, Juliet mentioned, offhandedly, that this would probably the be last year that we would need that banner. = ( ::sniff:: ::sniff::

Tiny unicorn favor boxes with erasers and candy and tattoos! 

I was so excited to reuse the streamers that we hung on their bedroom door for their party decor!

We also used some fresh decor, but the tablecloths were provided by the venue!  They just happened to pick the perfect color scheme!

I had time to take a few action shots!

I actually ended up making two cakes for this party. The first cracked when I moved it to the serving tray, and continued to crack after frosting it. eek!  So, I made the orange cake, and it was super well received, so it was probably for the best!

We stayed just a bit after the end of the party, since the guests all left, but everyone  had a good time, I think!

When we got home, Grace and Juliet sorted through and played with all of their new gifts!

I had no paper to write the gift list on, so ended up using a paper plate to record the gifts!  The twins did a pretty good job of filling in the blanks, since they opened their gifts out of order of giver, and I had a hard time keeping the record straight!

Not long after their birthday, I read a book about twins, and must whole heartedly agree, twins are a "very nice arrangement!"

 later days

4-26-25: backdated for continuity.