Allison is 13!!!

This year, Allison's birthday fell on a Friday, which worked out well for the party she planned. She decided that she wanted to go to the mall and have a photo scavenger hunt, followed by dinner at the Lazy Dog Cafe. Allison came up with an extensive list of things that the girls (divided in to two teams of nine girls) had to find in the mall, take a picture of, and return to the restaraunt no later than 6:30. The first team there, with the most items checked off their list, won. It was a great night. Happy Birthday, Allison! We love you!!!

Allison's friends were so nice to Sydney and Caroline; playing with them and talking to them before and after dinner (Sydney thought she should be allowed to sit at the tables with Allison and her friends, but Allison had other feelings about that idea. . .since she was the birthday girl, Allison won that argument).

Below, a few of the items on the scavenger hunt list:

red high heel shoes

a bald man

someone who works at the mall doing their job

a blue hat

a ripped denim skirt

a horizontal striped shirt. . .and many, many more (too many pictures to include here!)

Sydney had a complete meltdown when we told her she couldn't sit with the big girls. It took quite a bit to calm her down, but by the time her "make your own pizza" arrived for assembly, she had at least calmed down enough to stop crying.

Fortunately, mommy and daddy are still high enough on Caroline's social ladder that she thought it was perfectly lovely to get to sit with us for dinner.