Dying to be Beautiful


As promised, here is Karsyn's 13th Birthday party!
The really sad part is, that this is the SECOND time she has had to have her birthday party in January!
Who knew it would be so hard to have a birthday party around Thanksgiving time every year?
Well, the important thing is that we had it, and the girls had a blast.

Karsyn wanted to do a Murder Mystery party for her 13th birthday party, just like her sisters did when they turned 13.  Luckily for me, Karsyn had forgotten all the details, including the murderer, from Cassidy's party so we just recycled her party.  The premise for her party was a pre-pageant Miss America party.  All the contestants, the judges, some fathers and the pageant hostess made up the guest list.  Karsyn played the reigning Miss America. She also made sashes for all her guests/contestants.

 Karsyn decided to have a chocolate fountain instead of a cake at her party.  This worked out perfect since the guests would be mingling and working on their objectives while eating most the night.

 Scott (aka "Daddy Bigbucks") spent most his time at the chocolate fountain or was off in the bedroom taking calls from the hospital since it was his weekend to be on call.  He was really cute about it when he would get a call.  He would announce to the girls that his big wig contacts in Saudi Arabia needed to talk to him about a big oil deal since he was a rich oil tycoon from Texas.
It turned out that Karsyn's shortest friend was the father to the tallest contestant.  This is Karsyn's favorite photo from the party!
 It also turned out that Karsyn was dating one of the Judges, only to have her heart broken when she learned that he was cheating on her!


 All the girls did such a great job of really getting into their characters.  At times they were almost a little too good.  I had to break up a fake cat-fight at one point in the night!



While I couldn't find his big gold money sign that he wore around his neck for Cassidy's party, Scott had a good time showing off his wealth as Daddy Bigbucks by flaunting his rings.





















Then you guessed it....someone had to die!  Turns out Tina Texas ate some poisoned breath mints and killed over in the middle of a toast!  The girls then had 5 minutes to review all the evidence and make the guess as to who dunnit.

 There were also awards given out to the girls for the Best Actress, the Best Dressed and Miss Money Bags (the girl with the most money at the end of the night).  The girls all voted and here are the results:

 Karsyn won Best Actress


Hailey won Best Dressed


Lindsey won Miss Money Bags (that girl can blackmail!)


 Then it was time for Patty Pageant to read the results.
When Cassidy did this party only two girls guessed the murderer but I think every girl but two guessed it correctly this time.  We should had known it was Miss Arizona.  She was being way too nice to everyone that night at the party.

Comments

heather said…
I love the idea of a murder mystery party for their 13th. You’ll have to remind me of this in 2 years for Hadley. The chocolate bar looked yummy as well. Good job mom. Looks like the party was well worth the wait!
February 7, 2012 at 10:32 PM
Sister Kaylie Victoria Crofts said…
What a fun party! Love the pictures! My girls had such a fabulous time! Julie
February 19, 2012 at 10:50 PM
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