Jane's Movie Night Party

For Jane's birthday I wanted to have a party but we try to only do big friend parties every other year for the kids and this was her off year.  So I thought maybe we could just do some cake and ice cream in the front yard with some of her neighborhood friends.  Perfect!  Oh but wait!  We could totally borrow my Aunt's projector and watch a movie on the house. . .that would be free. . . and I could make cute little invites. . .PERFECT!  Wait, when did this become a big party?!?!  Oh well.  I had fun :)

So last night we had the neighborhood kids over for movie night.  They started claiming spots on our driveway 3 hours before we were even planning on starting the 'party'!  Trent set up the equipment and "screen" (a white table cloth) and I got the refreshments ready.  While we were waiting for the sun to go down, the kids had a dance party, Jane blew out candles, and we ate ice cream.  We ended up having 5 unexpected guests and it was so great!!  Once it was dark enough to see the movie, we started "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked", handed out more ice cream and some popcorn and then just enjoyed the party ourselves.

For an 'off year birthday' it was spectacular!