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.

Juliet Answers Her Birthday Survey: 11-years-old

 I am 11  years old.

My favorite color is Yellow

The coolest person on earth is: Me myself and I
The thing I do best is not complaining
If I could change my name, it would be Juliet
My favorite toy is: Surgerpie
When I grow up, I want to be: Auther
I like to watch: Miraculous ladybug/YouTube
My favorite song is: It changes to often
My favorite book is: Bad Kitty

3 words to describe me are: Funny nice, cool
When I was little, I used to: climb our tree in the backyard
My favorite season is fall
The food I like most is: Chicken
One food I really don't like is: raisins
My best friends are Kennedy and Natille
For my birthday I want to: Get a 2nd ear piercing
My best memory is: Moving to Michigan


later days

edit: backdated for continuity 6-1-25

William 11 years old Party Invitations!

William was very certain, when I asked him where he would like to party for his birthday this year, that he wanted to go to Defy!

Initially, I printed the invitations that they provide when you make the reservation, but I was not impressed with how they printed.  I kept them, lest I find no time to improve them, but was still not super happy.

Inspiration came upon me fast, and I was able to take the empty boxes from one of the kids' medicine and paint it up!

After allowing all the sides to dry, I added some white sticker cut outs, and bright green vinyl to the top.  On the inside, I flipped over the medicine foam, and added a 'pop up' sticker with William jumping.

The pertinent information was just a sticker on the top, with a logo sticker for quick identification.

I finished them before Halloween, but wouldn't let him pass them out until my birthday (too early and people forget!)

 He is one excited boy, I hope his birthday is everything he wants!

later days

William's 11th Birthday Party!!!

William got to celebrate at DEFY this year with friends new and old!!

 

I'm so sad, right after I took my camera down from this shot, he fell in a very comical way, that I totally could have captured had I given it five more seconds! lol!

Alice stayed behind with Billy, because Main Street doesn't open until 11am, and he was getting pizzas to supplement the ones provided by DEFY.  But I think his other sisters had a great time!

I got to spend a little time jumping too, since Alice wasn't using her slot, but opted for taking pictures more than jumping. = )

I was really excited that Kroger had a ready to go vanilla cake, and the lady was able to fit Happy Birthday William on it, even though it was a little thing!

It was so nice to meet William's classmates, since I've not really gotten to sub at their school this year! It was also nice to spend some time with friends from his class last year.  We are so thankful to everyone that came out to celebrate our favorite 11 year old, he had a great day! = )

later days

edit: back dated for continuity 12-24-23