tell your sister you're sorry...: Katie turns Sweet 16!

I can't believe how fast time flies.... especially when I remember holding my newborn baby girl in my arms, and seeing her now as a beautiful young woman. Sometimes I wish they would stop growing...

When I was 16 ... my family made it a special day for me. So, naturally I wanted to do the same for Katie.

One of the family lines is through the Tiffany family (of the famous Tiffany & Co -- yes, that same line) ... and since Katie LOVES the color blue, namely turquoise, or the Tiffany blue color, I was going to do a Tiffany & Co party. However.. b/c we had boys coming, and to have jewels and all that all around, we sort of went away with that idea, and just did a basic color theme. And polka dots...

So she didn't care what I did .... so I picked turquoise & red. Boy, was it an awesome choice!!

My fabulous friend Christine hosted this at her gorgeous home, and had a lot of decorations on hand already. She is so talented in decorating!!

We had cake, with a Tiffany box typed cake. Then, a candy bar that was on the same table as the cake. There was also a popcorn bar on a different table. Since this activity took place in Texas, where it can be warm in January -- we played outside games to start the party. Everyone received a glow in the dark necklace and a few bracelets. Then we went outside and played glow in the dark kickball (with a kickball that did NOT hold up to its name! BOO!). After we played a few rounds of that (which was so much fun!), they played the hula hoop game -- basically getting into two groups and they join hands. A hula hoop is placed in between two people, and the circle that can pass the hula hoop through everyone wins! it was hilarious!

After those games, we came inside to eat cake and stock up on candy .. and popcorn. Because after all of that, we went outside to watch a movie -- Despicable Me 2 -- it was a TAD bit cold that night -- but everyone had blankets and chairs. All in all, everyone had a blast of fun.

This is what the party decorations looked like:

What is it about giant Pixie Sticks that makes everyone grab those first? I bought 50 of those suckers.. Katie had 6 herself. :: rolling eyes ::

The balloons were duct taped to the ceiling, and at the bottom of the ribbon, were pictures being held up with a clothespin (that was spray painted to match the colors)

We also had a photo booth!! It wasn't SUPER popular, but a lot of kids did get into the action.

The banner is basically letters cut out from a Cricut, glued onto scrapbook paper, glued onto a paper plate. Tulle is holding each plate to each other.

The popcorn bar had candy to put in the bag along with the popcorn, as well as spray butter (not on table), and different types of toppings (seasonings). I also had four types of popcorn on the table: caramel, popcorn drizzled with milk & white chocolate, and popcorn made with coconut oil (went super fast!) and popcorn made with vegetable oil (a whole tub leftover!).