Caitlyn's Puzzle Party

It is unbelievable, but Caitlyn turned 12 today. This was a major trauma for me (does anyone else experience this on every one of your children's birthdays?), but fun for her.
We had a puzzle party yesterday. Twelve candles make quite a big blaze!













Here is part of the relay race. each girl had to do about 6 puzzles/brain teasers before tagging a teammate. we included everything from toddler toys (Emma, in the blue, is trying to get all of the marbles to the bottom level - harder than you think!), jigsaw puzzles, cube puzzles, "make this design" challenges, to the hardest, a game where you try to move a metal ball through several different obstacles by pushing different buttons.

The girls

First, everyone worked on a puzzle. Later on, Keegan, Kelsey, and a couple of moms finished it (smile.) I forgot :-( to get most of the girls to sign it before they left, so we need to take it to dance to finish up. The we have some puzzle glue to save it so Caitlyn can put it up in her room.

Party favors were Rubik's cubes. The original plan was to teach everyone how to work it. I USED to know how to do that, but this time cheated by printing directions off the internet. Unfortunately, we ran out of time, so most people had to leave. Hannah, Caitlyn, and Rayonna were able to finish the entire cube - yay!

We had a great time and hope everyone else did, too!

P.S. Keegan and I have worked the Rubik's cube three times since then. I think she may be addicted ;-).