A very cold princess

Having close friends who are the same ages as my own insanely old middle aged kids, I sometimes get to participate in a totally different lifestyle than my own. One of my friends has a life that really closely parallels mine 30 years ago, and I really enjoy watching her be involved in her three kids' lives.

Recently, her youngest had her fifth birthday, and it's becoming standard now for us to help her out with the birthday parties.  This particular one was quite an affair.

A Frozen day!

So sweet

As I don't currently have small people in my world, I'm not keeping up with current trends.  However, whenever I was at this family's house, the small people were always glued to the video of Frozen, and the music is also quite popular in general.  So it was no surprise to see that be the theme of this party.

Something not popular when I had small people was dressing up, but this little girl loves turning into a princess all the time.  Including for her own party.

Do mine, do mine!

Piñata time

This mommy so has her act together most of the time.  Not only did she plan a party for half the kids in the region, she painted tiny fingernails with Frozen blue glitter polish!  Piñatas seem to be obligatory now for all parties, and the Frozen industry was quite happy to provide their version.

Sugar, sugar, and more sugar

Of course, you have to feed kids at a party.  There is always a lot of sugar at these parties to keep all the kids super hyper; nobody is ever napping. 

Guess the theme

As this is a mixed Brit/French family, I'm never sure which country the traditions come from, not having had small people in either country.  I think this wonderful concoction, which shows up at every party, is a Brit thing.

The birthday cake definitely was a big hit, too.

Commercialization ...

... in full force

And of course, you have to follow the theme.  Here we have a Frozen cupcake tree, with Frozen cupcake liners, topped with Frozen decorations, sitting on a Frozen tablecloth.

I told my friend she was a blatant marketing junkie, to which she just grinned and agreed.  But they are only little people once, for such a short time, so it's always a pleasure to indulge them, isn't it?

A successful presentation

My candle says I'm 5

Isn't this a pretty setting for a little princess' personal party?  More sugar with Frozen blue donuts! 

How did they not come up with a Frozen candle?  Numeral candles are cheating when it comes to blowing them out, but at least they are easier to relight when the wind comes to party, too!

It's my party and I'm the star

Totally Frozen

After the sugar fest, it was time to sit quietly (yeah, right) while the Princess held court as her subjects presented her with gifts.

Not only did they come dressed Frozen themselves, their gift packaging was more Frozen than not.

Is this for me?

Or for me?

As if there wasn't enough of the theme, even the gifts themselves were mostly Frozen products.  All mommies are apparently marketing junkies!

Now the Princess can go swimming in Frozen gear, provided the mommy doesn't steal the suit from her!

While my primary role beyond helping when necessary was documenting this delightful event, even the Doc had his responsibilities.  Being in a gated residence, his job was to man (hah) the phone to let the small people in the gate when they arrived and then direct them to the little park where the parties are always held (fingers crossed there's no rain!).

The Doc is so popular at the moment

Look at his fun toy

But he gets to do other fun things, too.  This time he was needed to blow up balloons.  While he can be full of hot air, he didn't need it as there was this fun little tool provided.  As you can see, this job made him quite popular with the small world.

First we wrap the blindfold

Then we spin dizzy

What kid doesn't like the pin the ____ on the _____ game?  Certainly all the Frozen princesses did, this time involving sticking buttons on the snowman.

Did they really need instruction on being blindfolded?  And of course, the birthday girl got to go first.

Now it's your turn to spin dizzy

But I get to go twice

Then she had a good time spinning all her friends around.  Small people guiding other small people are so fun to watch. 

But after everybody else had taken their turn, she got to take the last one.

Ha hah, tricked you

Such a fun day

However, unbeknownst to her, the snowman got turned upside down.  Everybody who wasn't blindfolded thought that was just the most fun.

And after the last buttons got pasted on, the party was over.

Doesn't this just look like the happiest little birthday girl?  Will her love of Frozen start to melt now?  I wouldn't count on it!

Off in the distance ... tranquility

I hope you've enjoyed this little window into a totally different aspect of our life than we normally lead.  It was definitely a nice change of pace from all the extreme mountain moving on our property that we are normally involved in.  And it was a good bit noisier!

But one thing I do really enjoy every time we help out at these parties is the view from the little park in the residence.  Somehow it looks a lot more peaceful than all the activity going on in the park!