THE BAND CHARLY . . .

For Charlotte's 10th Birthday Party we had a rock star/karaoke style party!! With her bday being on December 27th (right in the middle of Christmas & New Years) it makes it hard to have a big party because everyone is already so busy with holiday plans so we just invited all of our family and it couldn't have turned out anymore perfect!! Aly & Cort came over early in the day and all the kids got busy preparing for the show later that night ... coming up with a band name, making band tshirts & posters and setting up the stage!! Then later that evening everyone came over and we had dinner followed by a live concert by "The Band Charly" (the kiddos came up with this band name all on their own, after one of our favorites "The Band Perry") and I thought it was super cute!! We made "Backstage/VIP Passess" and the girls passed them out to everyone as they arrived!

The invitation turned out pretty cute too ... I made it to look like a concert ticket (still cant figure out why this pic loaded into blogger sideways because on my computer it's straight) complete with barcode and all!! I know its really hard to read so I will translate:

Come Celebrate Charlotte's 10th Birthday At The

"Rockin The House Tour"

Starring

Charlotte and her Band

Tues. 12/27/11 6:00pm

Section Row Seat

VIP 1 5

Making shirts and posters!!!
Trey, Rhett & Rilyn put on the opening act, performing two songs: "Guitars & Cadillac's" by Dwight Yoakam with Trey on vocals, Rhett on guitar & Rilyn rockin the drums and Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" with Rhett on vocals, Trey on guitar and Rilyn still on drums!
Rilyn rocked the house drummin Dirt Road Anthem ... I'm thinkin we might just have a little drummer on our hands!!

Then it was time for the main act starring Cortney, Charlotte & Alyson (with a little help from Rilyn when she felt like it!!!) who performed: "Mean" and "Love Story" by Taylor Swift as well as "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry. They each took turns singing, playing guitar and drummin.
Once the main set of all the songs we planned on performing were completed the kids just had fun picking songs and taking turns with all the different instruments!!
Here's Rilyn singing a little Miranda Lambert "Only Prettier"!!!




After the concert it was time for cake and presents!! At parenting.com I found this cute little recipe idea for microphone cupcakes and figured what would be more perfect for a karaoke/rock star birthday party than microphone cupcakes!!!

This ended up being probably one of the most fun bday parties we have ever had (and believe me there have been lots & lots of them) although by the end of the night I was ready to dispose of that darn karaoke machine for good ... hahahaaaa!! The kids had so much fun and I dont think any of them wanted the night to end!!! Cant wait to see the video that Grammy took of all the live performances!!

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY CHARLOTTE RAE, WE LOVE YOU!!!