I don't like surprises too much but I like giving them. Chloe was turning 14 and we felt like it was time to throw in a surprise party for her...actually for her and her good friend Ellie who share the same birthday. The hardest part about a surprise party is just that,...keeping it a surprise. When you invite 50 people it can be a little tricky but guess what? We actually pulled it off...they had no clue whatsoever. So the plan was to have Chloe and Ellie gone from the house until "go" time and then Ellie's mom would bring them over, come through the front door and straight out to the deck door (so the guests couldn't be seen). Heather told Chloe and Ellie to hurry out to the deck to "please try and help Kate feel better since she went in the bathroom and cut her own hair"... It was very believable scenario since Kate does have that potential. Chloe and Ellie ran to the deck thinking they would see Kate crying with a new goofy self-made haircut. The video clip below shows the "surprise"!
Welcoming all her friends...
Right off the bat we had them break up into a few groups and go on a scavenger hunt...not your ordinary scavenger hunt though. They were given a list of things they must do in public and take pictures on their cell phones to prove it. There were such things as: play duck duck goose in front of city hall on main street, hug a stranger, pay for a large slurpee at 7 eleven and pay for it in pennies....you get the point
surprisingly they were all willing to go for it. It was pretty funny to see the pictures when they got back.
They all came back and we had pizza, nachos and soft serve ice cream for them while they hung out the rest of the night. Chloe said "I want to have a surprise birthday party every year...it was so much fun!!!" After everyone left Eli said: "you know, my birthday is coming up...what do you think about doing that for me?"
Thank you, thank you for recording and sending such a fun blog - no wonder Chloe and everyone else had such a great time and wants more of it!
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