Katie bought a new book during Spring Break. It’s this one.
She was inspired to have a spa party, she called it a “SPA-RTY”, just for fun. When she pitched the idea to me, I was impressed with the do-it-yourself/inexpensive/easy ideas they had for this little get together. So, she got to invite a few friends. We had it in the afternoon on one of their last days of break. I think the girls had a lot of fun…check out some of the highlights.
Little triangular tea sandwiches, with chive (and onion…don’t tell Katie) cream cheese, along with ham and turkey. Gotta love that Pepperidge Farm “Very Thin” bread. The girls gobbled these up! We saved some for Annie…she had to be at school that day.
Ice cubes with lemon, lime and strawberries inside. Float these in a cup of sparkling water or sprite, and you have a very yummy and pretty beverage! What a great, easy tip…gotta remember this one.
I also made Mock Sushi, which was Rice Krispy treats (rice) wrapped around gummy worms (the fish) and sealed with fruit by the foot (seaweed). I cannot believe I didn’t take a picture of these bad boys. They were so cute and the kids loved them.
Okay, enough about food. Let’s get to the pampering!
Time for facial masks. Katie made them — yogurt, honey and lemon juice. Jacqui is getting into this whole relaxation thing.
Madison….not so much.
We made the living room spa-central. There were stations set up all around the room — for manicures, facials, massage (Michael was the designated masseuse, but he chickened out when the time came. I think the girls were okay with that).
The cucumbers did wonders for those bags under their overly exhausted 10-year-old eyes!
Then, the girls headed up to the Fruity Feet Pedicure station (also known as the bathroom), where they had a bubbly, jet massaging, pumice scraping pedicure.
After the pedicure, I was working fulltime at the manicure station, doing Satin Hands manicures, painting nails with globby Claire’s polish (don’t ever buy that stuff). So, not too many pictures at that station. The girls did their own makeup. We had them bring their own…after three rounds of mascara induced pink-eye between Annie & I the past month, we were not sharing the eye stuff. Lesson learned!
Here the girls are laughing at one of my hilarious jokes.
I have to give big props to little brother here, who left the girls alone the whole time. Luckily I rented a past season of his favorite TV Show (Survivor) to keep him entertained during the party. He did an awesome job of letting the girls do their thing.
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