Dance/Dinner party

This week Isaac came up with the idea that he was going to have a dance party.  He started inviting guests Unofficially before I could even say yes or no.  To be honest, I didn't really want too with Addy's b-day party next weekend.  However, I am super happy that I allowed him to do this.  He planned every detail: He made a list of games he wanted to play, he planned the menu, he called to invite his guests, he cleaned the house twice, he set the table, made name cards, etc.  He did it ALL!!!  He asked for my help of course with details, and the food preparation but he knew what he wanted to do and what needed to be done and just did it without being asked.

Can you say PROUD!  Maybe a future party planner he might be...I would LOVE that!

This event was hard for me.  It was hard to not have control of the situation, the menu, drinks etc.  It was hard to serve guests orange and apple slices but I did it, and for that I am proud of me too. :)

The guests that came were AMAZING.  They participated in every game and danced their hearts out.  Isaac was very particular with his guest list, only wanting to invite 5 people but only 4 could make it.  We missed you Papa!!!  Maybe the next party he plans will be bigger...I already heard talk of the next and the first only ended a short while ago. 

It was amazing to see my tender hearted little boy being shown so much support by his family and executing such an amazing event at only 5!  Most of the games he invented all on his own...they were great and creative!

I love you Isaac, and I can't wait to help you plan the next party. 
(start training now future guests...the next one will be outside....lots more space to run)

7 am started making the cake

dancing clothes on and now frosting the three tier cake

done!

10 am setting the table

everybody got three drinks...if they didn't want them they had to put them in the middle.

name cards

Let the dance party begin

break time for some dinner: cheese dough pizza, apple and orange slices with chips and root beer and kool-aid

next dinner party we will be working on our manners....ha ha

This was banana tag...if you got tagged you needed to stand like a banana

intense game of banana tag

We want to be like Nana

The other major theme to our spring break was puzzles.  We did A LOT of puzzles.  Anybody who knows me knows that I don't like puzzles.  Of course what I like to do never matters anymore.  Our Nana (my mom) as the kids call her was also sick all of break.  This was very hard on the kids who are used to lots of visits from her.  One day when I sent them to their rooms for a game to play, they came back with this puzzle and the words,"we want to be like Nana." 
Nana, does puzzles at her house, and leaves them set up on a table for days and days and days as the children proceeded to tell me.  We want to do that too.

SO: The puzzle work began.  We started a 200 piece puzzle.  I thought for sure they would be bored in 2 min and ready to move on.  Nope!  When it was bed time they reminded me not to touch it, and in the morning we finished it.  We then proceeded to do multiple other puzzles as the week went on.

This puzzle was used and probably over 20 years old.  Only missing one piece not bad

Look Nana we are like you!!!!

Spring Break/Themes

Some people are lucky and get to go on vacation or at least out of town for a couple of days.  Then there are the unlucky ones who are sick for 8 days straight.  Yep, you guessed it we were the unlucky ones.  :(  Once again our house got hit hard with coughs, colds, and Addy's 1st asthma attack.  We can summarize the asthma attack as the scariest thing I have ever witnessed, and yet in a weird way I am happy to have the first one under our belt.  Those who know about asthma or at least how asthma affects Addy you know it messes with her mood, sleep and energy levels.  It was a long week.

Let's not dwell on all of this negative.  We tried to do our best and do fun activities at home.  Mostly we called these themes and sometimes themes based on books.  It all started with Addy wanting to paint a rainbow like Max and Ruby from one of her favorite books.  SO throughout the course of the week we had: rainbow,cookie,Old Lady who swallowed snow,old mcdonald, and cars.  We made crafts, snacks, art projects, retold the stories with puppet shows and much much more!!!

Get ready for picture overload.  I don't have vacation pictures to show you, but I do have pictures of our learning/sick (making do) spring break!!

Painting rainbows

finished rainbows

Addy prefers painting with her fingers

painting rainbow fish

finished rainbow fish

rainbow cake

and cupcakes

science, using colored water to make rainbows on ice

Trying to chop the ice

Getting out the big guns...hammer needed

flying ice...goggles were a must too

Making rainbows out of playdough

Give a mouse a cookie theme

Making a story board to re-tell the story

cleaning up the mess just like the mouse in the story

Doing a math activity with chocolate chips

Of course ending our theme with chocolate chip cookies

Making old mcdonald puppets with Carl

Making chick cookies for snack after all of the puppet shows these were much needed

Story board Isaac made to re-tell the story,"the old woman who swallowed some snow"

Car theme

Making race tracks and pit stops with markers and cars

Isaac worked on this and had so many car races...well over an hour and a half of play

driving cars in paint and making tracks

Making red light, green light signs to use to play the game

we had no snack related to cars...but none the less they were cute in this one!