Hello Cutie Patootie Followers,
What a whirlwind weekend! Marisol and I survived our first sleepover at the cottage with six, 9 - 10 yr. old girls and pampered eleven, 9 - 12 yr. old girls with a spa experience they will remember for quite some time. Continue reading below, we hope you enjoy our escapade as much as we did.
Birthday Parties
On Friday, May 27 at 8 p.m. six girls walked into the cottage, sleeping bags in hand, to help celebrate "R's" 10th birthday with a "Blue Piggie"party (she loves pigs and her favorite color is blue). Unsure of what she would expect, one guest exclaimed, "wow, I thought we were going to a log cabin in the woods", as she threw her sleeping bag to the side and took in the ambiance of Cutie Patootie. In the Ashiana, our larger room, we set up three tables: a candy and cookie bar, a beautifully decorated dinner table and an arts and crafts table (each girl used fabric spray and stencils to decorate a t-shirt). In our smaller room, the Skyler, we set up blow-up sleep mats and our projector to watch the birthday girls requested movie "Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure". After arts & crafts, eating, singing happy birthday, dancing, mini-mani's, mini-pedi's, filling candy bags and watching a movie, the activities director and I decided that we would go to bed (12 a.m.), leaving Marisol and the birthday girls mom up with the girls .
At about 3 a.m., I was awakened by Marisol because the girls wanted to hear a ghost story. Using the pre-concieved notion about our cottage from our guest above, I told a true sleep away camp story - (o.k., it wasn't true). Sitting on the floor at the edge of their sleeping bags, pink flashlight under my chin, I began my story which contained an old man named Mr. Whimple who didn't have a tongue, two dogs, two badly burned bald brothers and lots of running in the woods. I had to stop before my conclusion because the girls were too afraid for me to continue - "Please stop, Mrs. Karen, we don't want to hear anymore, let's watch another movie". Out the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of my partner looking at me as if to say - " did this really happen??" It took everything in me not to burst into laughter and give myself away. Within minutes of the start of the next movie, we had six sleeping girls and one uncomfortable birthday mom as all the girls made sure they could touch a part of her as they slept.
At 7:30 a.m., our director of activities and I awakened the girls with a whistle, the beating of a drum and a song we created just for the birthday girl - "Happy birthday "R" now that you are 10, we hope that when you leave us, you'll visit us again! The girls arose, brushed their teeth and sat around the table for breakfast. Within minutes the pleading began - Can you please finish your story? Well, the story basically ended with the two burned bald brothers thanking me for talking with them. They had moved to the woods from the big city because they were different and had no friends. I asked, "what was the moral of the story"? Each girl eagerly raised her hand and I chose one - "Never judge a book by it's cover" - Yes, lesson taught! We were soo proud of these girls!
At 12 p.m., May 28 (yes, three hours later), Marisol and I welcomed our 9 yr. old birthday girl "S" and ten of her friends to an amazing Spa party. "S" and her mom chose three stations - aromatherapy, mini-pedi's and facials. With relaxing music from the Orient playing in the background, the girls were asked to remove their shoes and each were dressed in a Cutie Patootie spa robe and terrycloth headband. Using voices just above a whisper, the girls were escorted to the Ashiana room where our activities director was awaiting their arrival. Each girl adorned an eye mask and lay down on one of eleven pillowed mats that were arranged in the room. Just listening to the mellow tone of Mrs. Morcia and taking in the scents and the music was enough to fully relax the most fidgety guest - Namaste lol.
When the aromatherapy session was complete, the girls were separated into two groups to enjoy the next session. One group visited the facials station and the others went in to enjoy a mini-pedi. Once complete, everyone sat down for lunch and happy birthday cupcake conversation. Each girl spoke of her first session experience and eagerly awaited the time to switch.
It is such a pleasure to give girls an opportunity to experience something new, something good, something exciting. Marisol and I work very hard to ensure that your girls walk away with a memory that they will cherish forever - we know that each guest of honor and her attendees have given us a piece of them that we will remember for years to come.
{Big Hugs} until we post again
Karen and Marisol
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