A donkey, a pony and a unicorn

When I asked Maeve what kind of birthday party she wanted this year, she said "a donkey, a pony, and a unicorn!!!"  We did our best with a GREAT pony party.

It was really a perfect day.  The children arrived at Classic Touch Farm and the owner allowed two children at a time to ride the ponies for a very long stretch... at least 15 minutes.  She taught them how to steer and ride without anyone holding them! She taught them how to turn around and how to get on and off.  We were all very impressed with the farm.  The other children who were waiting played quietly and nicely together until it was their turn.

Of course we had lots of horse themed goodies!!!!

Paul used an old palette as a backdrop for a sign for Maeve's name.

 One little girl in the neighborhood actually came up with this idea to turn individual Pringles containers into cowboy hats!!!

After riding and cake the children were allowed to go into the barn to brush the horses and feed them treats.  It was a great finale to a wonderful day!!!

Slip and slide

It's been very very hot! We have been using lots of slip and slides outside but here is a pic of the kids pretending to be baby cheetahs drinking from a spring! Lol!

Shrinks dinks

Our first foray down this road! I couldn't remember what happened to them! Big they turned into little plastic figures! 

UNO night!!

What better to do in a tropical storm?! 

Please touch museum

A quick spring break trip to the please touch museum. We had a blast but it was CROWDED!!!

Hairdresser

This is what the munchkins do when everyone is off school!

Learning Fair

Noah's school hosts an annual learning fair. Any child in grades k-5 can present information about any topic that they have interest in. Noah wanted to do a project even though we will be away during the fair. He chose to learn about birds and feathers. He wrote to a friend of mine who works at the zoo with the emus and he read a lot of books! He learned so much and did such an amazing job putting his board together. Of course I seized the opportunity to let him learn how to use my scrap booking paper cutter!