Little Mc Colby's Birthday Party

So I finally pulled it together and did Colby’s 3rd birthday party. The format I used last years seemed to almost work, so I figured now that he was a year older, it would work even better. The theme we chose for this year was “At the Farm” Here is the invitation:

I got a bunch of cowboy hats for the kids to wear while they were rounding up the “animals” on the farm. They would hunt around the family room until they found an animal puppet. While we were waiting for everyone to get there and find their animal we had some snacks set out for the kids. Obviously their round up must have taken a lot out of them because they attacked the snacks like a bunch of…. well animals!

Then when all the animals were gathered we sang some songs and did a few animal and farm finger plays. Then we danced to some movement songs. Once the kids starting getting into it they seemed to have a blast. Colby loved it! He was bouncing around being a worm, a fish, a bear, a snake and anything else the songs told him to be. I loved that he had fun with all the activities. It was right up his “animal” alley. Brian came home for lunch to be there for some of the birthday party and was a great sport about acting things out with Colby too!

Colby really seemed to have “rounded up” quite a few presents as well. He is at a fun age where he was really excited about everything he opened. I love that he knew all of his friends and when I told him who his gift was from he would go tell them Thank You!

Then of course is cake, or cupcakes in this matter. One of Colby’s favorite songs of all time is “Happy Birthday”. He was so excited when everyone started singing to him! When I put the cupcakes in front of him, he was so excited he started blowing out the candles before we were even half way through the birthday song.

In effort to make for easy clean up, we took the kids outside to eat the cupcakes. By the green on their faces, they all seemed to really enjoy them. Especially Colby! I think in all he really enjoyed his birthday party! Thank you to all those who came and help make it such a fun event!

We Know What Matters Most!

Lately Brian and a bunch of Buddies have been on a PS3 "Call of Duty 4" kick. There has been lots of time spent gaming with different friends and on-line. (too much time if you ask me... but of course nobody is asking me) Anyway I thought it was truly a defining moment when Matt strapped their baby Ella on to his chest and kept on playing! I guess there is not much that will slow them down. ... except maybe Brian's homemade peach cobbler. (I will have to elaborate on that later!)

Colby is 3!

Yes- My baby is 3! Being the slacker Mom that I am, I dropped the ball about planning a party for Colby on his birthday... I might pull it together later, but I didn't make it for today. But when push came to shove, I remembered about Colby's "Happy Place". So to help make it a special day we went headed to Chuck-E-Cheese for dinner. Colby absolutely loves Chuck-E-Cheese, and Brian dis-loves it as much as Colby loves it. I guess it can't be everyone's happy place. Anyway, Colby had a great time. He kept telling us... "I lika chucka cheese"! His favorite ride was a Derby horse. The horse rides in a race on a screen and you can control the horse with the reigns and the saddle. I have to admit it was pretty cool. He seemed to have a great time. Pizza, playing, and prizes what else could a 3 year old want? Happy Birthday Colby! We Love You!

Peaches Anyone?

For Real... I really thought I loved having a peach tree. The idea of fresh peaches anytime you want seems very appealing, even to me, and I am not the biggest peach fan. What I seem to forget every year is that the peaches don't come when ever you want. They come when ever they feel good and ready and then they start falling faster than you can pick them. We went up to my parents for the weekend holiday because Brian had Monday off. We took a large bowl full of peaches with us when we went up since they were starting to get ripe. When we came back quite a few of the peaches had turned ripe and then some. There were so many peaches! Brian hauled in about 4-5 shirt loads FULL! They practically covered most our counter top and that's not even counting all the one's that we gave to neighbors or that were on the ground that we chucked. I know what I'm doing tomorrow... can I say: peach pie, peach jam, peach cobbler, or peach fruit shakes? If you have any good ideas of what else you can do with peaches please let me know!!