Reynolds Family: A Party for a Princess

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

Princess Katelee is turning

and you are invited to her Royal Birthday Party!

Don't forget your royal costume!

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Welcome to Katelee's Castle!

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young princess named Katelee. It was Katelee’s birthday, and so she invited all her princess friends to join her at her royal castle for a special princess party! Princess Chloe, Princess Sadie, Princess Claire, Princess Hannah, Princess Madelyn, Princess Issy, Princess Isabel, Princess Hailey and Princess Ella all came to the princess party!

When the princesses had all arrived, Princess Katelee invited her friends to join her in the royal gardens while they waited for the princess cake to arrive. While they were playing in the gardens, the little princesses met a talking frog!

“What are you doing in the royal gardens?” asked the frog. “Don’t you know that these gardens are enchanted? If anyone plays here who is not a true princess, they will be turned into a frog! Believe me, I should know!”

“Don’t worry, we are princesses!” giggled the little girls.

“But where are your crowns?” demanded the frog. “You don’t look like princesses without your tiaras!”

“Oh, dear!” cried the princesses! “We did forget our crowns!” The little girls all rushed back to the palace to retrieve their forgotten crowns.

(The party guests, creating their beautiful princess crowns!)

(Now we really look like princesses!)

After the princesses were wearing their beautiful crowns once again, they decided to go to the kitchens to check on the princess cake. But as they were crossing the castle's great hall on their way to the kitchens, they ran into a wicked witch, disguised as a peddler woman.

“Why, what lovely little princesses,” crowed the old woman. “Can I interest you in a juicy apple?” (Pull out an apple.)

Princess Katelee was feeling a little hungry, and so she took the apple the woman offered her and took a big bite. All her princess friends gasped! "On, no!" the cried as Princess Katelee fainted into a deep sleep!

(Playing Pass the Poison Apple)

Katelee’s Princess friends were very wise and quick. They knew the old peddler woman must have been a wicked witch, and they caught her before she could escape.

“You must tell us how to break the spell and wake up Katelee again,” demanded Princess Chloe.

“Tell us or we’ll never let you escape,” added Princess Hailey.

“Fine!” spat the witch. “I'll tell you, because you'll never be able to find the cure. The only way to break the spell is to find a golden dragon egg and eat the magical beans inside!” And with that information, the evil witch disappeared in a puff of smoke.

The little princesses looked at each other nervously. They knew that dragons lived in the woods just beyond the royal gardens.

“Let’s go find a golden dragon egg!” said Princess Hannah, bravely. They straightened their pink tiaras and marched bravely into the woods to help save their friend.

(Searching for the golden dragon egg. Found a pink one!)

The loyal princesses discovered a golden dragon egg and they each ate a magical bean. Then they fed a magic bean to Princess Katelee. Princess Katelee stretched and woke up, feeling well rested and as happy as ever. Just then the clock tower rang 7 o’clock!

“Oh, dear! We must hurry and get ready for the princess ball!” exclaimed Princess Katelee. “After the ball, we will have the princess cake!”

“Hooray!” the princesses all shouted as they skipped off to get ready for the royal ball. They went to the powder room, where Katelee had everything they needed to get ready.

"Wait just a moment," said Princess Katelee. "I think something is missing..."

(We had a platter with 10 princess things on it, and we took turns removing one item and figuring out what is missing. I think this game was probably the favorite! Now, on with the story...)

Once the princesses were all ready for the royal ball, they joined the other guests in the ballroom. Beautiful music was being played by the orchestra, and the princesses could hardly wait to begin dancing. But, just as they were about to join in the dance, a black puff of smoke appeared in the middle of the ballroom floor.

The evil fairy, Maleficent, stood in the smoke.

“Why was I not invited to the party?” she demanded. “Nobody ever invites me to the royal balls. Because nobody bothered to invite me, I will put a curse on this ball. Every time I say FREEZE every dancer in the hall will freeze in place and the music will stop! You will have no fun dancing when you are constantly interrupted like that!” Maleficent cackled with delight at her mean curse!

The music started again, and everyone began to dance, including Princess Katelee and her friends, but just as Maleficent said, they suddenly all froze into place!

(Playing freeze dance. Isn't it funny how everyone poses when it's time to freeze?!)

“Oh, dear!” sighed Princess Katelee. “Our ball is ruined if Maleficent continues to make us freeze like this. I wish we could do something ”

Suddenly, Katelee’s kind fairy godmother appeared at her side.

“Did I hear you wish for something, dearie?” she asked kindly.

Princess Katelee explained what had happened. “Oh, if only I could do something to break the spell, my friends and I could dance and enjoy ourselves!”

“Oh, but you can do something, if only you believe,” said her fairy godmother. “Now let me think. In order to break her spell, you and your friends will have to work together to create a wish come true. Here is a magical cape (pull out parachute) and here are some magical wishes that haven’t come true yet (pull out sparkly fuzzy cotton balls). All you have to do is keep at least one magical wish on the cape for an entire song. If you can do that, then you will break the spell!”

(This was another favorite game! The giggling never stopped!)

All the princesses worked hard together until they broke the wicked fairies curse. “Hip Hip Hooray!” they shouted, when the curse was finally gone. “Let’s celebrate!”

“But how?” asked Princess Madelyn.

“I know!” said Princess Ella. Let’s play a game of dancing limbo!

All the princesses cheered at this fun idea, and they lined up to play their favorite dancing game!

(Katelee plays limbo by bending forward. We thought it was funny, so we didn't correct her! Ha ha!)

“Phew, I’m exhausted” Princess Isabel said as she plopped down onto a cushion after playing limbo.

“Me, too,” agree Princess Sadie. “And hungry!”

“I think it’s finally time for princess cake!” exclaimed Princess Katelee!

“And birthday presents!” added Princess Issy.

And so the princesses sat down to enjoy a delicious piece of princess cake and then watched Princess Katelee open her gifts.

(The princess cake.)

(Making a wish and blowing out the candles!)

(YUM!)

(Pink lemonade, pink ice cream and pink cake - OH MY!)

(The royal present opening!)

(No matter how many times I said to back up and sit down, the little princess still ended up right next to Katelee. It was hilarious!)

Each and every princess had a great time at Princess Katelee’s birthday celebration. Even though there were some unexpected surprises, they learned that if they worked together and helped one another, they could make all their dreams come true.