A Paw-Fect Party

Adam turned four at the end of November and told us he wanted a Paw Patrol party.  This was his first friend birthday party.  And, thanks to Pinterest, I think it turned out well.

Coloring Paw Patrol pictures while we wait for everyone to come.  We only invited a couple of friends, which was perfect for this age.

Adam with his Paw Patrol shirt on for the party.

I found tattoos by lucky happenstance at the dollar store.  Adam picked Rubble for his tattoo and still won't let us wash it off.

This is kind of hard to tell but the kids had to follow the paw prints all over the house (like Ryder calling all pups).  They blew little whistles along the way trying to find a lost pup.

Rubble is a digger, so we had to dig through the "rocks" to save the dinosaurs.  This was a big hit with everyone.

Marhall is a the fire dog.  We listened to the theme music and passed fireman hats around until everyone got one.

This was a hard game for a certain someone, but we managed to get everyone a hat without too many tears.

Skye can fly.  We had to fly paper airplanes through a hoop. 

For Rocky we just pinned the badge on his collar.  All the kids won "collars" afterwards.

Zuma does water rescues so we needed to rescue these water animals that were stuck in the dirt and bring them back to water.

And I made a Chase pinata.  It was really a cereal box with a Chase picture.  But Adam didn't mind. 

Hannah also takes a turn.  Eventually I just had to crack the box open.  Note to self, use one cereal box in the future.

Adam loved opening presents. 

And he requested a '4' cake.  I think it turned out fairly well.  We also had 'paw'psicles.  So that was yummy.

Lots of time was spent playing with toys that afternoon.  Anyway, I think the party was a success.  Not I have a very short break before doing another party.

Serious about our pumpkins

So I know this post is a little behind.  But I need to finish Halloween before moving on to birthdays and Christmas and all the fun stuff ahead.

On the hayride to get to the pumpkin patch.

I took Adam around to find a pumpkin.  He wasn't too hard to please. 

Hannah went around with Will and found a good one she could almost carry.

Megan with her selection.

After paying for our pumpkins we decided to play a little.  They had some huge pumpkins just perfect for sitting on.

We got a nice family picture.

Poor Whitney, about to be pumpkin smashed.

I think Whitney was more just confused but she played along. 

We decided to de-goop and carve pumpkins in the garage.  It worked out perfectly. Except Hannah kept throwing away the pumpkin seeds.

Showing off some of our pumpkins.  Whitney carved hers into a trident from Zeus.  Megan's is hard to see but it was Harry Potter.  And Rachel wanted to make a scarecrow.  It ended up looking cool.

Anyway, those are our pumpkin adventures.

Ward Halloween Party

We had a themed family Halloween costume this year.

Starting with the hardest to figure out.  Take a guess at our family costume.  Adam wasn't too sure about this one.

And Will.  I guess that beard was a bit itchy.  Sorry.

Hannah looking all cute.

Then myself.  I hope you have guessed what we were by now.

This will give it away.  We all went as Harry Potter people.

Rachel was kind of proud that she didn't need to wear the glasses that came with the costume.

Poor Whitney decided she didn't really want to be Harry Potter.  But I already bought the costumes last year after Halloween.  And once I have spent money, it is too late.  I thought they were cute costumes. Next year I get to decide the theme.

Hannah standing next to her best friend at the party - Ollie.  She looked more like an angel than Hedwig.  Oh well.  Ollie was a member of The Addams Family.

I stayed with Adam and Hannah.  We went around playing games and collecting candy.

We ran into Whitney in the Harry Potter themed room.  That was a cool room.  I guess you got to try and make a potion.  And try a cupcake to see which Hogwarts house you belong in.

This room was hilarious.  Adam and Hannah could not get that donut off the string with just their mouths.  It was fun to see them try though.

Finding 'eyeballs' in the 'brains'.  I didn't think Adam would be willing to do this.  But he liked it.

And in the young men's room. 

Rachel wanted to show off all the rings she collected while playing games.  So it was a 'soup'-er fun party.  We have so much candy now.

Rachel's News

Since Will and I both wear glasses, we have both wondered which of our kids would end up needing glasses and who would be first.  Apparently, Rachel won the weaker eyesight genetic lottery.

The glasses look black but they are really dark purple.  When Rachel's school eye exam came back saying she failed we decided to get her into a local optometrist.  She was nervous about the exam and about other school kids laughing at her glasses, but now she loves them.

And Hannah shows off how cool it is to wear glasses.

I guess we will see in the future who else might win this particular lottery.

kids day by whitney keeler

We are at kids day.

                                                    Here are in a military truck.

                                              They brought horses to ride, we all liked it.

                                                                     Yea horses!

                                                     

                                                        They had a place to throw a football.

                                                           They gave out free ice cream.

                                                         They had a bean bag toss.

                                                          Me and Hannah in the truck.

                                                                       They had bowling.

                                                                   
                                                             I loved the dunk tank.

                                                           Megan liked the giant bubbles.

                                                                    Hannah loves horses.
                                                         

                                                              There was a ring toss.

As you can see we had a fun time at kids day.