Miranda's 9th Birthday Celebration

Miranda turned 9 on the 21st and when asked about what kind of party she wanted, she immediately said a High School Musical sleepover. I was hesitant about the sleepover thing, but agreed to the idea. Did I really know what I was getting myself into? Now that it is over, I would have to say, no I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. I figured with six girls coming it would be okay to send Duane and Ryan out camping. I didn't think about how difficult it might be to keep an eye on Olivia, referee the girls, supervise the games and crafts, bring out the cake, serve it with ice cream and try to take pictures would be by myself. Hmmmm, next time I will make Duane stay and lend a hand. Duane and Ryan actually ended up coming back from their campout early because neither one of them could sleep in the humidity. They walked in at about 12:30pm and the party was still in full swing, in fact little did I know it was far from over. I knew the girls would be up late watching both High School Musical movies, but at 9 I thought they would eventually go to sleep. Well, I was wrong and I ended up turning the last movie off at 3:30am!! All I could hear was my Miranda singing and after looking at the clock, I knew it was time to force some shut eye. Miranda wanted to stay up all night, but I told her it was 3:30am and she hadn't figured out that there were others trying to sleep, not to mention the neighbors on either side of us. After staying up late the previous night until 2am baking for a prayer breakfast for Duane's unit, I was not in the mood to negotiate. Anyway, I am not anxious for a repeat of Friday any time soon, but the everyone had a good time and managed to get a couple hours of sleep.
Each girl got to decorate their own Wildcat pennant to hang in their rooms. They turned out great!
Yes, Miranda is obsessed with High School Musical and Troy and Gabriella are her favorite characters. Here she is kissing the picture of Troy. Isn't she a little young for this?!
Miranda loved her cake and spotted her favorite guy on the cake.
After a game of find the lipgloss cellphone, Miranda's friends decided to give her a makeover to get ready for a date with Troy. Hmmmmm, did someone say that they 80's look was coming back?! She's got the punk rock look going on.