When I started thinking about Livi's party many ideas came to mind...but then I realized that a lot of the boys invited wouldn't want to participate if it was Cinderella or Barbie party. So, the pizza party was born.
The invitations were really important to me, so I came up with a fun idea, deliver a pizza invitation to every home!!! We got personal pan pizza boxes from Mani Penerosa(he actually served a mission in my ward growing up, lives in the area, is the manager over the KC Pizza Huts AND he is Karen's brother-in-law...small world!!) and changed everything to work in and outside of the box. We delivered them..it took over 2 HOURS and more than 60 miles!! Can you believe it?! Livi dressed up in a baker's hat that said "Olivia's Italian Pizzeria" and an apron. We went to every door and Livi would knock and after they answered she would say, "Special Delivery!" It was HILARIOUS!I was going to have the party in my apartment, but after I realized that most of the kids would be coming, I figured a bigger place would work better! I was told through Kristin that the Pizza Shoppe had places to hold a party and so I called and worked it out. We would STILL be able to make our own pizzas, but they provided everything, including cleanup...so I was SOLD!
Here the kids are 1st making the fake and then making the pizzas they would eat!
What's left of the cookie cake!
There were 13 kids total and it was a BLAST! Luckily I had a few "extra" things to do during the down time, otherwise the kids would've gone CRaZy. We made fake pizzas, then the real pizzas, decorated their gift bags, ate the pizzas (they were SPEEDY getting cooked...yum, yum!), then had a "pizza" cake (which was actually a cookie cake with red frosting and white chocolate shredded on top for the cheese), opened presents and parents came to pick up.
Here the kids are 1st making the fake and then making the pizzas they would eat!
What's left of the cookie cake!
THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT HELPED!!! (Shannon, Kristin, Chad, Tammy, Deidre, Luke) I couldn't have done it without you!
8 comments:
That looks like it was SOOOOOOOOOOO fun!!!! I think that I might have to borrow your ideas when we have our own kids because you're so creative!!!!
Sweet! I'm sad we don't live close enough to go to those kinds of things. It looks like it was awesome!
Awww...that looks like so much fun! What a cute idea! I can't wait until my kids are older and we can do fun things like that! Merry Christmas!
What a fun party! The girls had a blast....and so did we. Thanks for the invite. Livi looked like she had a lot of fun. Who wouldn't?? Right?
What a great birthday party! Looks like you all had fun... you're so creative! And happy belated birthday to Livi!
PS.... glad you all are okay after all that ice you had last week... looked scary! I'm glad I got out of Missouri when I did!
What a cute idea!! You are defiantly an elementary major :) How was it having 13 4 year olds running around?
Oh what it would be like to be four again. That birthday party looks like so much fun. You are amazing Katie, I'm sure Livi and the kids had a blast!!
So what happened to calling me back yesterday??? =) just kidding. Hope all is well. Rylee didn't go to school again today because she was up coughing ALL NIGHT LONG. So I guess she won't have school for 3weeks either. =) Again hope all is well, I'll just be here cleaning and packing today. Hope your day is more enjoyable. =)
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