Block Party

My son Eli wants to get this stuffed animal making kit that he saw at Walmart.  I did not really look at it closely, but he thinks it comes with 15 stuffed animals and stuffing, I really doubt that it does.  Its only $10.00.  Anyways he told his dad last night that he was going to buy this thing and make 100's of stuffed animals.  He has big dreams of this kit and apparently becoming a stuffed animal maker. 

Eli approached me this afternoon and said "Mom can we have a block party?  You can dress up like Cinderella and make balloon animals, I will set up a stuffed animal making station, and Noah will be dressed up in a costume"  My first thought was to say no, then I said "A block party sounds fun, I will help you plan it"  I figured a good oppurtiunity had just presented its self to teach them about doing for others, and being a good host.  So we picked a date.  And then we got to party planning

Me - "Okay I will get out the snow cone machine and the cotton candy machine, and the chocolate fountian.   We can serve hot dogs, chips and fruit.  I can ask gramps to make balloon animals, I can face paint, and Eli you can have your stuffed animal making corner.  Does all this sound good?"

Eli - Yes

Noah - What about the costumes?  I thought we were all wearing costumes?  I really want to dress like a modern warfare person.

Me - Ah yes, no costumes at this block party.  It will be to hot.  BUT you guys can help me print out the flyers & pass them out in a few days. Okay?

We printed up these invites and the kids colored the "Block Party" part.  Then they passed them out.  I had a feeling that not everyone got one they re-passed them out the Friday before.  I figure no one is going to re arrange their schedule to come, so if they can come the Friday before they will come.

The day of the party came and the kids helped me set up the food.
We had our chocolate fountian & fruit, our cotton candy machine & our snow cone machine.  We also served hot dogs and chips

I am always suprised how much fruit gets eaten when you put it on a stick.  I made this cute flag, then I also had three bowls of blue berries and two bowls of strawberries that got eaten as well (I guess chocolate helps too)

The moonwalk arrived & I have to give Moonwalk Mania a plug.  First of all she is the lowest price I have EVER paid for a moon walk rental & the best service.  They are super clean, Robin is super nice and she went ahead and left it over night to give the kids more time to play.  It was really sweet of her.  You can connect with her on facebook here

Then the ice cream truck showed up.  I hate the ice cream truck.  I always tell the kids for the price you pay for one popsical I can get you a gallon of blue bell.  Oh well they saw us out side and hung out on the street for twenty min (no lie) until they decided no one was buying ice cream today & left.

 Hanging out in the shade with our Micah boy

The kids got hot so we pulled out the awesome squirt guns from the dollar store & the kiddy pool.  I said "dont shoot the moonwalk or the grown ups"  and they had a great time

Eating food

Fun!

I think the party was a sucess!  We got to know some neighbors better, the kids learned about all the hard work that goes into a party before the fun starts and everyone had a good time.

Scooby Doo Party

When Noah turned 5 he was IN LOVE with Scooby Doo.  Obssessed might be a better word.  We decided to use a character company & have the whole gang to the house.  The Character company we used also did the whole party, it was great & so easy!

Eli with Velma and Daphnie

We found a picture of a cake like this on the internet & my awesome sugar mama made it for us!

we had face painting

Whats cooler than a scooby-doo tag on your face?

NOTHING!

Noah was totally in love with Shaggy, Shaggy was his favorite, and the man who played Shaggy did an awesome job, he was so sweet to Noah & it was really memorable

The owner of Kikks and Giggles personally does all the partys & leads party games.  It makes it so nice on the mom!

I really loved this cake!

Playing Scooby, Scooby, Shaggy!

Lunch Is served!

The Gang is all here!

And we had a great ti

Micah's Baby Shower

My Third and Final Baby Shower

My mom and my grandmother and my friend Amy threw me a baby shower.  Michas room will be done in owls, so that was the theme of the shower.

The Food:

 I purchased this chocolate fountain after Christmas for $10, the best $10 I have ever spent, great for parties!

The entry way:

The owl frame:

each guest did their thumb print and wrote their name under their owl, then my mom made the thumb print look like an owl.

The Guest:

 (Memall, Stephanie, Juliette, Tracie, Gina, Me, Amy Mom)

  (Memall, Stephanie, Juliette, Tracie, Gina, Me, Amy, Mary)

 Georgia Girl and Me

 My grandmother and me

 My mom and I

 Tracie and I

 Stephanie, Juliette, Georgia and I

 Amy and I

Mary and I

The Presents:

I had two wonderful little helpers!

It was a great shower, cant wait for little Micah to get here.

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My oldest son just turned 6. (What is going on?)  We had a fun mad scientist party for his birthday.  It was a hit!


Invitations:

 

Purpose: Noah Murdock’s 6^th Birthday Party
                    Hypothesis: Mad Scientist parties are more fun.
Date:

 Time:

Location: 

Information: Rsvp to

I put this in a word document and sent it to our local printing company.  Very inexpensive invitations & he loved them, he thought they were so funny.  Now its party time!

When the children arrived they each were given a lab coat (a white t-shirt cut down the middle) a radio-active science badge, a bow tie & safety goggles

Then it was time to do experiments.  I had everything pre-measured, which made things so much easier. 

We did 6 experiments.

The first was poloymer squares, or silly squares, we put the dehydrated silly squares in our test tubes and set them aside to look at, at the very end of the party.  I also had some in a test tube that I had hydrated the night before so they could see how big they get.

Next we mixed our goo.  I found some goo kits in Targets dollar bin.  There are recipes for home made goo at Steve Spangler Science as well as tons of other cool ideas, the good just intimidated me for some reason, so I was glad to have a kit.

Insta Snow!  This stuff is so cool.  I had bought some around Christmas time & the kids love to play with it.  I pre measured one scoop in each test tube, then the kids dumped it on to a plate & added the pre-measured water.  They were amazed when it grew! 

Lava Lamps.  This one was my favorite.  You have your test tube filled 3/4 of the way with cooking oil, then you fill the other 1/3 with water (oil and water were pre-measured so they just added to the test tube)  Then each child adds food coloring.  You talk about whats going on, why are the oil and water not mixing.  Then each child had an alka seltzer broke into four pieces.  You add one pieces at a time and it makes a lava lamp!  So cool.

I thought we would finish the indoor science experiments with a messy one.  Test tube volcanos

Each test tube was pre-filled with colored vinegar, we gave each child a plate and had them hold the test tube over the plate as they added the baking soda.  Lots of "cool" and "wows!" were heard.  Then we all washed our hands and headed out side for the BIG grand finally.

Mentos and Coke

I should have had several bottles of diet coke and mentos for this.  After this one the kids started yelling "do it again! do it again!"  But we couldn't

I made his cake in the shape of a Volcano & cut out room for a cup (plastic) then we added dry ice and warm water.  The kids thought this was so awesome!  And it was easy to make.

This science party was a hit!

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