Corbyn's 9th Birthday Party

In an attempt to keep things simple this year we decided to nix the birthday party idea and let Corbyn have a couple of girlfriends go on a girl's night out. Corbyn chose to take two of her best friends, Abby & Jami along. Here is a rundown of the night's events. We began with a shopping trip to Old Navy to purchase new flip-flops ($2.50 a pair). There was a method to my madness in this purchase. I planned on taking the girls to get their tootsies painted next.




After searching for the optimal color and size of flip-flops we headed to N&T Nails to get pedicures (at least the little girl versions). The people working there were great to pamper the girls by letting them sit in the massage chairs and read magazines (but mostly giggle). It was pretty stressful trying to choose just one nail color so we ended up going with tootsies with designs on them. Abby and Corbyn got polka dots and Jami got rainbow toes. Corbyn was pretty ticklish and wasn't wild about having her arches scrubbed.



After the pedicures we ventured to West Town Mall to visit Build-a-Bear. The girls had been looking forward to this part of the trip all day. Corbyn selected a Panda Bear and named her "Jesica"; Jamie chose a Cheetah and named her "Sassy"; and Abby picked out a husky and named him "Mark". The girls had a great time dressing up their new friends.




Following Build-a-Bear we went to the Food Court at the mall and everyone chose where they wanted to eat. For dessert we enjoyed a cookie cake from Great American Cookie Company and it was delicious.


After the long evening of shopping and eating we headed to Putt-Putt for some outdoor fun. The girls didn't know we were going so they were so excited when I turned in there. We played 18 (stressful) holes. Abby took the game very seriously and didn't appreciate Corbyn and Jami goofing around. Jami scared anyone within a mile as she drove the ball each time like she was trying to hit it to the moon. Corbyn tried at most of the holes and ended up winning the game.

What a fun-filled evening! Corbyn had a great time with her very good friends. See more pics from the girl's night out below: