Today she had the girls from her preschool class over for a party. She has a class where some kids go all day, some just in the morning, and some just in the afternoon. Because of that, there are more kids than in a usual preschool class, so there are 15 girls total. She invited them all, and only 1 was unable to come, so including Miriam we had 14 girls at the party. It was a little crazy, but also really fun! When I asked Miriam tonight if she had fun at her party or if it was too crazy, she said, "No, I want to do it again!" Good thing we've established the rule in our family that you get a friend party at age 5 and age 8 (so far), so she's going to have to wait a few years.
We played a bunch of games including bingo, pin the map on Dora's backpack, Hullabaloo, musical chairs (actually musical Hullabaloo pads), and did a candy hunt. We had pink strawberry cupcakes and Birthday Cake ice cream, and of course Miriam opened her gifts. She got so many fun things, and amazingly there were no duplicates, and nothing she already has! The girls were all really cute and sweet, and it was fun to get to know her friends a little better.
Esther stayed around and was a huge help, but Peter chose to escape to the McCauls' house and play with his cousins. He was excited because he got to go swimming with them and get away from all the girls.
